1. The arcade game based on
“TRON”
hit arcades shortly after the movie came out in 1982 . . . and made more money than the film.
2. Nepal is the only country with a flag that’s not a rectangle . . . it’s two overlapping triangles.
3. There are seven countries in Europe that are smaller than Rhode Island: Vatican City, Monaco, San Marino, Liechtenstein, Malta, Andorra, and Luxembourg.
4. Easter Island got its name because a Dutch explorer landed there on Easter Sunday in 1722.
Here is today’s bonus fact:
5. There are actually four verses to the
“Star-Spangled Banner”
, and the third mentions killing the slaves who fought for the British against the United States in the War of 1812, in exchange for their freedom.
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