- The letter “J” was the last letter added to the English alphabet.
- For a brief time, Melbourne was known as Batmania, after its founder John Batman.
- When it was discovered, Uranus was briefly known as “Georgium Sidus” (“George’s Star”) in honor of King George III.
- Cornelius Vanderbilt was injured in one of the first fatal railroad accidents in U.S. history. John Quincy Adams was riding in the car ahead of him and escaped unharmed.
- The color of hydrangea flowers is influenced by soil acidity.
- Gary Numan is 13 days older than Gary Oldman.
- The Scottish Highlands and the Appalachian Mountains were once part of the same ancient mountain range before the continents drifted apart.
- Atlanta is farther west than Detroit.
Facts by Sean McVeigh, factologist.
