1.  In 1947, a woman went to Johns Hopkins to cure her hives.  She received an experimental drug called Compound 1694, for hay fever and allergies.  Her hives cleared up . . . AND she reported that, weirdly, she’d stopped getting nauseous while riding on public transportation.  Doctors immediately tested the drug for motion sickness, and Compound 1694 became . . . Dramamine.

2.  The biggest park in the U.S. is Adirondack Park in upstate New York . . .  it’s bigger than Death Valley and Yellowstone combined.  It’s six million acres, which also makes it bigger than five entire states.

3.  “U Can’t Touch This” is only M.C. Hammer’s FIFTH highest charting song on the Billboard Hot 100.  It peaked at #8.  Four of his other songs did better:  “Pray”, “Have You Seen Her”, “2 Legit 2 Quit”, and “Addams Groove”.

4.  Tijuana, Mexico is further north than Savannah, Georgia.

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5.  When Sega was marketing “Sonic the Hedgehog 2” in 1992, they decided to build hype by releasing it on a Tuesday.  It stuck . . . and for decades, Tuesday was the official release date for video games.  Things are a little less structured now . . . but Tuesdays are still the most common release day of the week.

(Hopkins Medicine / Conde Nast Traveler / Wiki / Reddit / Business Insider)