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).

How to Get to Carnegie Hall

Most common street names in the United States, as of 1993:

  1. SECOND (10,866)
  2. THIRD (10,131)
  3. FIRST (9,898)
  4. FOURTH (9,190)
  5. PARK (8,926)
  6. FIFTH (8,186)
  7. MAIN (7,644)
  8. SIXTH (7,283)
  9. OAK (6,946)
  10. SEVENTH (6,377)

FIRST isn’t first because it’s often called MAIN instead.

Black Friday

Famous people born on Friday the 13th:

  • Don Adams
  • Samuel Beckett
  • Steve Buscemi
  • Fidel Castro
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
  • Georges Simenon

The fear of this date is called paraskavedekatriaphobia.

Old Folks’ Homes

Countries with highest life expectancies:

  1. Andorra: 83.51 years
  2. San Marino: 81.71 years
  3. Singapore: 81.71 years
  4. Japan: 81.25 years
  5. Sweden: 80.51 years
  6. Switzerland: 80.51 years
  7. Australia: 80.50 years
  8. Iceland: 80.31 years
  9. Canada: 80.22 years
  10. Italy: 79.81 years