1. Tarot cards were originally invented in Europe in the 1400s as a regular card game. Fortune tellers didn’t start using them until the late 1700s.
2. Rowlf the Dog has played the most instruments of any Muppet in either their TV shows or their movies. He’s best known for being behind the piano, but he’s played nine other instruments too.
3. Catfish have the best sense of taste of any animal . . . they have more than 100,000 taste buds all over their bodies. Humans have about 10,000 taste buds, and they’re all on our tongue. Chickens have the fewest, with just 24.
4. There are 16 stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame where people are only identified by one name, including
Houdini
,
Liberace
,
Pink
,
Roseanne
,
Shakira
,
Slash
,
Sting
, and
Usher
.
Here is today’s bonus fact:
5. There’s a knockoff version of Viagra sold in India called Erecto. And it’s legal, since under Indian law drug formulas can’t be patented. It costs a fraction of what the real stuff costs in the United States.
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