Here are some random facts for you.
1. The urine of a diabetic contains so much sugar, that it can be purified and made into a high-end single malt whiskey.
2. For almost all of the 1800s, maps of Africa had a mountain range called the Mountains of Kong, which didn’t actually exist. They still show up once in a while on modern maps, an atlas from 1995 even had them.
3. The first Nintendo game ever developed in Africa was “Donald Duck: Goin’ Quackers” for Nintendo 64. It was created in Morocco.
4. Jim Carrey had the chance to play Captain Jack Sparrow in “Pirates of the Caribbean” but turned it down because it conflicted with his filming schedule for “Bruce Almighty”.
5. The most abused Social Security number ever has been used in fraud by at least 40,000 different people. It belonged to a secretary at a wallet company.
In 1938, Social Security cards were new, and the secretary’s boss wanted people to see how they looked in a wallet. So every one of their wallets came with a sample Social Security card inside, with her number on it.
(Wired / Wikipedia / Wikipedia / Inside the Magic / SSA)
