1. The famous painting of dogs playing poker was actually part of a series of 16 paintings commissioned by a cigar company to use as advertising.
2. “Orange” actually DOES rhyme with something. There’s a mountain in Wales called Blorenge . . . and there’s a sac in some plants that produces spores called a sporange.
3. The first person to lead the NBA in steals was a player named Larry Steele in 1974.
4. Kellogg’s admits that every color of Froot Loops is the same flavor . . . and that flavor is called “Froot.”
5. Stop signs were originally yellow . . . red didn’t become the standard color until 1954.
