Do you love trivia games?  Finding out random bits of information?

Here are five random facts to help you get through your day, or that you can use to impress your friends - or not...

1.  The Russian delegation showed up 12 days late to the 1908 Olympics in London, because they were still using the old Julian calendar . . . and didn't realize the rest of the world had switched to the Gregorian calendar.

2.  NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON is now one of the most famous astrophysicists in the world.  Turns out he's also a fantastic DANCER . . . and won a gold medal at a dance meet in 1985 doing Latin ballroom for the University of Texas dance team.

3.  By the time "Breaking Bad" ended, every critic in the country was over-the-top in praising it.  But the first season was VERY different.  It got panned by "The New Yorker", "Chicago Tribune", "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette", and "Boston Globe".

4.  The U.S. Constitution is 4,400 words . . . which makes it the SHORTEST Constitution of any country in the world.

5.  The U.S. film industry only produces the third most movies in the world.  India's film industry produces the most . . . and believe it or not, NIGERIA'S film industry is second.

 

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