1. There are “lefty” and “righty” snails . . . and they can’t mate with each other because their genitalia don’t line up.
2. “The Department of Defense was originally called the National Military Establishment, but they changed the name after two years because the abbreviation “N.M.E.” sounded too much like “enemy.”
3. Anyone in Sweden can get a copy of anyone else’s tax returns and find out how much money they make. The only catch is that the person whose returns you request will get a message telling them that you did.
4. The
“New York Times”
decided to start running a crossword puzzle after Pearl Harbor was bombed, to give people a distraction and a way to occupy themselves.
Here is today’s bonus fact:
5. When the Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton movie
“The Taming of the Shrew”
came out in 1967, the tagline was, quote, “A motion picture for every man who ever gave the back of his hand to his beloved, and for every woman who deserved it.
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BBC
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Wikipedia
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Business Insider
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Wikipedia
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Mental Floss
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