Frank Sinatra was frustrated with his record company in 1960, so he formed his own label, Reprise Records. Many of his buddies (Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr.) released records on Reprise, which is why they often referred to Frank as the Chairman of the Board.
The Haskell Free Library and Opera House straddles the Canadian and Vermont border. The actors perform in Canada while most of the audience sits in the United States. There is even a painted line running through the building.
The little bump on the front side of your ear is called a tragus.
Amerigo Vespucci, for whom many historians believe America was named, was an Italian pickle merchant.
The Harlem Globetrotters were, originally, a Chicago based team (1927) that did not play a game in Harlem until the 1960’s.
A gun with a silencer attached sounds about as loud as a car door being slammed. It’s much quieter than the usual “bang!” but it’s not as subtle as the little “whoosh” heard in James Bond films.
Cashews are always sold without their shells because the shell contains an oil that can cause a rash similar to poison ivy.
Big Ben doesn’t refer to a clock; it’s actually the name for the bell inside that famous clock tower.
Bagpipes weren’t invented in Scotland, but in ancient Persia.
The average salary for a person with a bachelor’s degree is nearly double that for a person with only a high school diploma.
U.S. paper money is currently produced at two facilities, one in Washington D.C. and another in Fort Worth, Texas.
Woodrow Wilson first name was Thomas. Woodrow was actually his middle name.
The name for “piggy” banks comes from the use of family money jars in the Middle Ages made from a type of clay called pygg.
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