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.
Trivia
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.
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.
Hmm
The most common birthday in the United States is Oct. 5.
That’s nine months after New Year’s Eve.
Tin Men
C-3PO and R2-D2 are the only characters that survive all six Star Wars movies.
Old Folks’ Homes
Countries with highest life expectancies:
- Andorra: 83.51 years
- San Marino: 81.71 years
- Singapore: 81.71 years
- Japan: 81.25 years
- Sweden: 80.51 years
- Switzerland: 80.51 years
- Australia: 80.50 years
- Iceland: 80.31 years
- Canada: 80.22 years
- Italy: 79.81 years
Incognito
Sean Connery wore a toupee in all the James Bond movies. He started losing his hair at 21.