1. Research from Ohio State University found that living within 30 miles of an ocean or a gulf may be linked to a longer life, by at least a year.
2. For the state of Texas to have the population density of New York City, every single person in the world would have to live there.
3. The famous sky-and-grass photo that was the default background in Windows XP is from Napa Valley, California . . . and it only looks like it does in the photo because an insect infestation had wiped out all of the grapevines in the area.
4. Elephants only need two hours of sleep a day, which is the least of any mammal.
5. Pinball machines were illegal in Oakland from the 1930s through 2014.
