Some Miscellaneous Facts

1. Albert Einstein never learned to drive a car.

2. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

3. Route 66 westbound from Albuquerque started out as a camel trail.

4. No US President was an only child.

5. Apollo 8 Astronauts used silly putty to keep their tools from floating around in zero gravity.

6. Even now, Marie Curie's notebooks are too radioactive to be picked up by hand.

7. Hospitals adopted blue and green scrubs in the mid-

20th century because it didn't have to be replaced as often as white and was easier on doctors' eyes.

8. Gasoline was once sold in small balls as a cure for lice.

9. About one in every four million lobsters are born with a rare genetic defect that turns it blue.

10. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's wife died when a dropped match ignited her enormous hoop skirt.

11. Smokey Bear's original name was Hot Foot Teddy.

12. When PT Barnum fell gravely ill at the age of 81, convinced the New York Sunday to publish his obituary in advance

print.

13. The glue used on Israeli postage stamps is kosher.

14. In 1977 a tree branch that fell to the ground during Elvis' funeral sold at auction for $748.

15. Paraskevidekatriaphobia is the fear of Friday the 13th.

16. The Riddler from Batman had a real name Edward Nigma, that's E. Nigma.

17. Reed Hastings was inspired to start Netflix after racking up a $40 late fine at a video store.

So now you know!