- In 2011, Chinese state TV aired footage presented as an air force exercise that included a clip from “Top Gun.”
- Most of the dinosaurs featured in “Jurassic Park” lived in the Cretaceous, not the Jurassic.
- Morgan Freeman converted his 124-acre Mississippi ranch into a bee sanctuary.
- Rhode Island, Maine, and Massachusetts have laws that restrict large retail stores from opening on Thanksgiving, though some smaller businesses are exempt.
- Japan has roughly twice as many 7-Eleven stores as the United States, with thousands located in Tokyo alone.
- The scientific name for the Indian rhinoceros is “Rhinoceros unicornis.”
- The Milky Way is in the process of absorbing the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy, one of its satellite galaxies.
- If you’re around 27 years old, you’re older than about half of India’s population. At around 30, you’re older than roughly half the world.
Facts by Sean McVeigh, factologist.
