Five Random Facts for Monday

Here are some random facts for you.

1.  There is enough water in Lake Superior to cover the entire land mass of both North and South America, to a depth of about 12 inches.

2.  The correct word for a female dude is NOT dudette, it’s dudine.

3.  “Pong” was never supposed to be released.  A developer at Atari made it during a training exercise.  But Atari’s founder liked it so much they decided to take it public.

4.  There have been persistent rumors that parts of “The Lion King” and “Pocahontas” were animated in North Korea, but Disney has always denied it.

5.  Durex created the first latex condom in the 1920s, the first condom with lubricant in the 1950s, and the first condom company website in 1996.

 

(Wikipedia / Merriam-Webster / Gizmodo / RFA / Durex)