Ten Things I Learned in January
Today: ten fun (?) facts I picked up in January, potentially a recurring series if you guys like this one.
The average West Virginian eats more than one hot dog per day. (Food Republic)
Half of U.S. vinyl buyers don’t own a record player. (Consequence of Sound)
Boba (as in boba tea) is Taiwanese slang for “big breasts.” (The Fitzwilliam)
There are only two escalators in all of Wyoming. (Cowboy State Daily)
Joseph Pilates came up with the idea for his eponymous workout while in a World War I internment camp. (The Verge)
Arnold Schwarzenegger became a millionaire from starting a successful bricklaying business before he went into acting. (Matt Lakeman)
The majority of the people on the Hindenburg survived. (The Atavaist)
When caterpillars become butterflies, they retain memories of their caterpillar existence even though their brain is dissolved and reconstituted during metamorphosis. (Psychology Today)
Jelly Belly created blueberry jelly beans for Ronald Reagan’s inauguration, so that they’d have a blue color to go with red (cherry) and white (coconut). (Reagan Foundation)
The Beatles’ film Help! is dedicated to Elias Howe, inventor of the sewing machine. (The Neighborhoods)