1. Piggy banks are named after “pygg” . . . an orange clay people used to make pots and jars in the Middle Ages. When people had extra coins, they’d put them into a pygg pot.
2. In medieval Europe and other ancient cultures, people would cover their mouths when they yawned because they believed that an open mouth allowed your soul to escape, or evil spirits and demons to enter your body.
3. The “Heeeeere’s Johnny!” scene from “The Shining” took three days to film . . . and 60 doors.
4. Paul McCartney earned $7 million the entire time The Beatles were together . . . and has earned more than $1.2 billion since.
5. The probability of a high school football player making the NFL is: 0.02%, which is roughly 1 in 4,000.
