Here are some random facts for you.
1. Route 66 turns 100 years old this year. It stretches almost 2,500 miles and spans eight states, beginning in Chicago, Illinois, and ending in Santa Monica, California. (Officially, it’s retired now, but you can still plan a Route 66 road trip to celebrate. If you want help, hit up CenturyOfRoute66.com.)
2. Before the 1900s, men wore corsets. They were popular for hunting and exercise, kind of like how weightlifters wear belts today.
3. There are still 17 U.S. states (mostly in the Southeast) where it’s legal for teachers to use corporal punishment on students, and teachers can legally HIT students.
Two of those states don’t have laws, but it’s been banned in all their school districts. And four others DO prohibit physical punishment “for students with disabilities,” so that’s nice.
4. Frankenstein is the name of the person who creates the monster, not the monster itself.
5. India has a larger population than every country in the Western Hemisphere combined. India has more than 1.4 billion people, the Americas have just over 1 billion altogether.
(USA Today / Messy Nessy Chic / Wikipedia / Wikipedia / Wikipedia)
