Here are some random facts for you.
1. Americans eat about 20% more calories than Swedes. That is approximately two whole cheesecakes per week.
2. Millions of Americans, including the Bush family, are descendants of a guy from the Mayflower who fell overboard and only survived by grabbing a rope.
3. The first book that included photographs was published in 1843 and it was about algae.
4. The number 187 became connected to murder because Section 187 of the California Penal Code legally defines murder.
5. Pumpkin beer dates back to early colonists in the U.S. who didn’t have enough grains available to make normal beer, so they used the cheapest substitute, which was pumpkin.
(The Guardian / Mayflower History / Natural History Museum / Wikipedia / Mental Floss)
