The Playboy Mansion is the only private residence in Los Angeles with a fireworks permit.
Trivia
Hello, Goodbye
Individually and as a band, the Beatles have appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone more than 30 times.
Road Rage
Donald Duck’s license plate number is 313.
Hive Mind
A colony of harvester ants contains the same total number of neurons as a human brain.
No Hustle
The square dance is the official dance of 19 U.S. states.
The Dymaxion Chronofile
Buckminster Fuller kept the most comprehensive diary in human history, recording practically everything that happened to him between 1915 and 1983.
The assembled journals take up 270 feet of shelf space.
Great Land
Alaska is the northernmost, westernmost, and easternmost state — the Aleutian island chain crosses the 180° line of longitude.
ATM Freeze
The world’s northernmost automatic teller machine is at Longyearbyen, Norway (78°13’N 15°33’E).
The southernmost is at McMurdo Station, Antarctica (77°51’S 166°40’E).
One, Three, Five …
In English, every odd number contains the letter e.
How to Get to Carnegie Hall
Most common street names in the United States, as of 1993:
- SECOND (10,866)
- THIRD (10,131)
- FIRST (9,898)
- FOURTH (9,190)
- PARK (8,926)
- FIFTH (8,186)
- MAIN (7,644)
- SIXTH (7,283)
- OAK (6,946)
- SEVENTH (6,377)
FIRST isn’t first because it’s often called MAIN instead.