Five Random Facts for Thursday

Here are some random facts for you.

1.  McDonald’s has one fewer hamburger.  A businesswoman named “Zoe Hamburger” just stepped down from her post as the chief restaurant officer for McDonald’s in the U.K.  She previously worked for McDonald’s in the U.S.

2.  There are only five cities in the world that span across two continents.  The biggest one is Istanbul, Turkey, it’s about 65% in Europe and 35% in Asia.

3.  Disabled people in the Netherlands get money from the government up to 12 times a year to spend on prostitutes.

4.  Limping on purpose was a popular trend in the mid-1800s in the U.K.  The princess of Wales had rheumatic fever that gave her a limp, and because she was a huge fashion icon and trendsetter, other women started limping too.

5.  After President James Garfield was shot in an assassination attempt, he couldn’t hold down food, so for the last month or so of his life, his doctor fed him through his rectal cavity.  It didn’t really work.

 

(City AM / Geography Realm / Mic / BBC / Medium)