Here are some random facts for you.
1. Elvis never performed outside North America. And other than a few concerts in Canada in 1957, he never performed outside the U.S.
2. The four American cities with the biggest land area are all in Alaska: Sitka, Juneau, Wrangell, and Anchorage. Jacksonville, Florida is fifth.
3. Ellen Burstyn got an Emmy nomination in 2006 for Best Supporting Actress in the HBO miniseries “Mrs. Harris”, even though she was only on screen for 14 seconds, and had two lines. She lost, but the Emmys still added a rule the next year that anyone who was nominated for supporting actor or actress had to be on screen at least 5% of the time.
4. A Swiss army knife is called a “MacGyver knife” in South Korea.
5. The first time goaltending was called in the WNBA was in 2008, 11 years after the league debuted. The first dunk happened in the fifth year.
(History / Wikipedia / Washington Post / Konglish / Wikipedia)
