Five Random Facts For Wednesday

Here are some random facts for you.

 

1.  Americans have left more than $4.32 million worth of change at TSA checkpoints since 2008.

 

2.  Scientists estimate that there are a trillion different species on Earth, but 99.999% haven’t been discovered.  Meaning they’re mostly microorganisms.

 

3.  No woman has ever run a mile in less than four minutes.  The women’s world record is four minutes and 12 seconds.  The men’s record is three minutes and 43 seconds.

 

4.  The guy who wrote Elizabeth Taylor’s obituary for the “New York Times” died before SHE did.  He wrote it while she was still alive, the way they do with some celebrities, and he died in 2005.  Meanwhile, she died in 2011.

 

5.  The word “vodka” comes from the Russian word “voda”, which means water.

 

(USA Today / Daily Mail / Wikipedia / CNN / Etymonline)