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.
Trivia
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.
Burnt Sienna?
Celebrities’ favorite Crayola crayon colors:
- Britney Spears: robin’s egg blue
- Tiger Woods: wild strawberry
- Mario Andretti: pig pink
- George W. Bush: blue bell
- Fred Rogers: lemon yellow
Moo
Milk is the official beverage of 18 states.
Quite a Pension
Top 10 longest-lived U.S. presidents:
- Ronald Reagan: 93 years, 120 days
- Gerald Ford: (still living, age 93)
- John Adams: 90 years, 247 days
- Herbert Hoover: 90 years, 71 days
- Harry Truman: 88 years, 232 days
- James Madison: 85 years, 104 days
- Thomas Jefferson: 83 years, 82 days
- George H.W. Bush: (still living, age 82)
- Jimmy Carter: (still living, age 81)
- Richard Nixon: 81 years, 103 days
If Ford is still alive on Nov. 12 this year, he’ll take the record.
Just So You Know
Snuffleupagus’ grandmother lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.
A Mathematical Coincidence
2646798 = 21 + 62 + 43 + 64 + 75 + 96 + 87