Here are some random facts for you.
1. American ginseng is so valuable (commanding $500 to $850 a pound) that poachers risk jail time to steal roots from the Appalachian Mountains.
2. After “Deliverance” was released in 1972, tourism became the main source of income in Rabun County, Georgia, where the movie was made.
3. The most common name for U.S. presidents is James, with six: Madison, Monroe, Polk, Buchanan, Garfield, and Carter. There have been four Williams, four Johns (five if you count Calvin Coolidge), and three Georges.
4. Some dictionaries say that the “correct” plural for octopus is “octopodes”, but obviously octopuses and octopi are used more often. Both of those are also generally considered acceptable, if not preferred, by other dictionaries.
5. The actor Bela Lugosi was buried in one of his Dracula costumes.
(Smithsonian / Wikipedia / Wikipedia / Nyctographa / Wikipedia)
