Photography And Half-Thoughts By Mitchell Hegman

...because some of it is pretty and some of it is not.

Sunday, March 27, 2022

Tidbits

The fourth most googled question every month is: “How to tie a tie?”

The largest padlock in the world weighs 916 pounds.

If your car could drive straight up into Earth’s atmosphere, it would take just one hour to get to outer space driving at 60 mph.

The heart of a blue whale can weigh 1,300 pounds.

In 1916, four years before the Nineteenth Amendment guaranteed the right of women to vote, Montana elected Jeannette Rankin as the first woman to the United States Congress.

The brand name Spam stands for 'spiced ham' and was a name suggested in a competition launched by the Geo. A. Hormel Company in 1937, to find a name for their new product.

Japan has one vending machine for every 40 people.

Lemons float, but limes sink.

—Mitchell Hegman

Sources: Google, bestlifeonline.com, rd.com, etc.

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