Here are some random facts for you.
1. When Judy Garland got cast as Dorothy in “The Wizard of Oz”, she was put on a diet of chicken soup, black coffee, and 80 cigarettes a day, even though she was 16.
2. Approximately 1,750 people are injured watching Major League Baseball games every season, usually when they get hit by foul balls or flying bats. Players only get hit by pitches about 1,500 times a year.
3. More people work for Anheuser-Busch than all the craft breweries in the U.S. combined. Just over 121,000 people work for all the craft breweries in America. But Anheuser-Busch has more than 150,000 employees.
4. “Brown Eyed Girl” by Van Morrison was originally called “Brown Skinned Girl.” But he had to change it because a song about interracial romance was too controversial for the 1960s.
5. McDonald’s didn’t start accepting credit cards until 2003.
(Daily Express / NBC Sports / Thrillist / Wikipedia / CNN Money)
