Here are some random facts for you.
1. Game 3 of the Dodgers-Blue Jays World Series on Monday night featured a record 609 pitches across 18 innings over six hours and 39 minutes.
2. Of all the circulating U.S. currency in the world, about 80% is in $100 bills. (And nearly 80% of $100 bills are overseas. That’s up from roughly 30% in 1980.)
3. America’s oldest ally is Morocco. It became the first nation to recognize the U.S. in December of 1777. And we’ve shared an unbroken treaty ever since.
4. The difference between a play in New York’s theater district being Broadway, Off-Broadway, or Off-Off-Broadway is the size of the theater. Over 500 seats is Broadway, 100 to 499 seats is “Off-Broadway”, and 99 seats or less is “Off-Off-Broadway.”
5. Days Inn didn’t get its name because you’re supposed to stay for days or anything like that, it’s named after its founder, Cecil B. Day.
(ESPN / MLB / NPR / People’s World / Playbill / Wikipedia)
