1.  The 6th Dalai Lama, in the late 17th century, rejected living as a monk, and instead spent his life womanizing, drinking, and writing love poems and songs.

2.  More chocolate is sold at Brussels National Airport in Belgium than any other place in the world.

3.  Whole Foods is only the #6 biggest seller of organic food in the U.S.  Number one is . . . Walmart.  Costco is #2, followed by Kroger, Target, and Safeway.

4.  The first nationally televised NASCAR race was the 1979 Daytona 500, and it was the hit that “made” NASCAR . . . because two of the leaders crashed near the end, started brawling, and got the country talking about auto racing.

Here is today’s bonus fact:

5.  Plane exhaust fumes kill more people every year than plane crashes.

(Wiki / This Must Be Belgium / The Balance / Wiki / National Geographic)