Here are some random facts for you.
1. In 150 races, there have been THREE fillies, or female horses, to win the Kentucky Derby: Regret in 1915, Genuine Risk in 1980, and Winning Colors in 1988. The last time a filly raced was in 2010, and no fillies will take part in tomorrow’s Derby.
2. King Olav V of Norway competed in the Olympics, but not just because he could, because he was actually really good at SAILING. He won a gold medal at the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam.
3. The exclamation point didn’t become a standard key on the keyboard until 1970. Before that, you had to type a period, and then use the backspace to go back and stick an apostrophe above it.
4. Even though it was just a novelty song, “Because I Got High” by Afroman was nominated for the Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance in 2002. It lost to Missy Elliott’s “Get Ur Freak On”.
5. Congress passed a law in 1866 that no living person could appear on currency, after an official at the U.S. Treasury snuck himself onto a five-cent bill.
(Kentucky Derby / Wikipedia / Smithsonian Magazine / Wikipedia / Atlas Obscura)
