Five Random Facts For Tuesday

Here are some random facts for you. 

 

1.  The state of Delaware is named after the Delaware River, not vice versa.  The Delaware River got its name from a line of English barons, the De La Warrs.

 

2.  Under a federal law, the U.S. denies a visa to anyone who’s a polygamist.

 

3.  The most common noun in the English language is “time.” 

 

4.  There were Olympic medals for architecture from 1912 to 1948. 

 

5.  Potatoes were illegal in France from 1748 to 1772 because the government thought they were poisonous.

 

(Wikipedia / Cornell / Linguasorb / Wikipedia / Perry Ponders)