Here are some random facts for you.
1. Despite being in service for about 20 years, the F-22 has only scored THREE air-to-air kills. The first was a Chinese balloon in February of 2023. The other two came just days after that. Those “kills” were never recovered, but were also believed to be “balloon-like in nature,” like maybe a $12 hobby balloon.
(The U.S. Air Force has 187 F-22s, which cost over $60 BILLION. I guess it’s good that they haven’t had more action. Hopefully it stays that way.)
2. There’s a bridge called “Outerbridge Crossing” between Staten Island, New York and New Jersey.
But it didn’t get its name because it’s an “outer bridge” for New York City, it’s named after a Port Authority chairman named Eugenius H. Outerbridge. And they didn’t want it to be “Outerbridge Bridge.”
3. “Alley-oop” started as a football term. It was used in 1957 to describe a play where the quarterback would throw the ball up high and another player would jump to catch it. Basketball started using the term two years later.
4. When Jack Nicholson was 37, he found out the woman he thought was his sister was really his MOTHER. His mother, June, was a showgirl, who was only 17 when he was born. He was raised by her parents.
5. The word “dilemma” originally meant a choice between two tough options. Three options was a trilemma, four options was a quadrilemma, and so on.
(Wikipedia / Wikipedia / Wikipedia / Wikipedia / Etymonline)
