1. The concept of jaywalking was created and spread by car companies in the early 1900s to shift the blame in accidents from drivers to pedestrians.
2. In most Spanish-speaking countries and Greece, Friday the 13th isn’t considered an unlucky day . . . Tuesday the 13th is. In Italy, Friday the 17th is the unlucky day.
3. There are only 571 people who’ve been in space. The definition of being in space is at least 50 miles above Earth.
4. The guy who invented the revolving door came up with it because he hated having to open doors for women.
5. People in Nigeria drink more Guinness in a year than people in Ireland.
(BBC / Wikipedia / World Space Flight / Slate / CNN)
