1. The average adult produces 500 liters of pee a year, which is enough to fill up three bathtubs.
2. When the breathalyzer was created in the 1930s, it was called the Drunk-O-Meter.
3. The character who made the most appearances on “Seinfeld” outside of the four main characters was Ruthie Cohen . . . a waitress and cashier at the diner. She was in 101 of the 180 episodes, usually just in the background.
4. Since Ecuador is split by the equator, winter and summer happen at the same time. When the north part of the country is having winter, the south is having summer, and vice versa.
Here is today’s bonus fact:
5. In the original version of “Aladdin”, which is part of Scheherazade’s “Arabian Nights”, Aladdin is set in CHINA and both Aladdin and Jasmine are Chinese.
(Scientific American / Guardian Interlock / Wikipedia / Gizmodo / Interesting Literature)
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