- Only female mosquitoes bite humans. Male mosquitoes feed on nectar and other plant sugars.
- Toronto is farther south than Minneapolis.
- Kiwifruit contains several times more vitamin C than an orange.
- Andrew Jackson kept a 1,400-pound block of cheese at the White House. At the end of his presidency, he invited the public to help eat it.
- Disney’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” (1937) became the first film to release a commercially available soundtrack album in 1944.
- Tug-of-war was an Olympic sport from 1900 through 1920.
- Scientists still don’t know exactly why we yawn. Leading theories suggest it may help regulate brain temperature or increase alertness.
- Samuel L. Jackson was a cheerleader in college.
Facts by Sean McVeigh, factologist.
