Here are some random facts for you.
1. An 18th century land speculator named Richard Henderson bought a large swath of land in modern day Kentucky and Tennessee in an attempt to create his own colony he called “Transylvania.” But the transaction was later voided.
2. Apple Pie isn’t actually American at all. Apples are in fact native to Asia, and the first recorded recipe for apple pie was actually written in England.
3. If you took every different combination of a Rubik’s Cube possible, and physically laid them out, you’d be able to cover the entire Earth’s surface 275 times over. There are 43 quintillion variations.
4. Teddy Roosevelt and Ernest Hemingway used to wear Abercrombie & Fitch. The label was an outdoors and sporting goods maker for almost 100 years before it began specializing in young adult fashion in the early 1990s.
5. Iran has fast-food chains named “Mash Donald’s” and “Pizza Hat” because McDonald’s and Pizza Hut aren’t allowed in the country.
(Wikipedia / Smithsonian / Wikipedia / Wikipedia / Esquire)
