1.  The most formal type of dress for men is “white tie,” not “black tie.”  A white tie tuxedo requires a coat with tails, a white bow tie, and a wing collar.

2.  The first time “snowflake” was used in its current form to describe someone sensitive, fragile, and needing to be coddled was in “Fight Club”.

3.  Guinness officially says their beer isn’t black, it’s a, quote, “dark ruby red.”

4.  Horses can’t breathe through their mouth, only through their nose.

Here is today’s bonus fact:

5.  Rhode Island is the smallest state, but it technically has the longest name.  Its official name is the “State of Rhode Island.”  That’s 18 letters . . . the next closest are North Carolina and South Carolina at 13 letters.

(GQ / Merriam-Webster / Guinness / The Equinest / RI.gov)