Today in 1776, the Declaration of Independence was approved by the Continental Congress, and a new country was born. But you knew that already. So how about celebrating the fourth with some random facts about our country and culture you might not know? 
Ready? Here we go:
- A penny’s “heads” side weighs more than “tails,” so if you toss a penny 10,000 times, it’ll likely land on heads 4,950 times (vs. 5,000). I wonder if that would be the case for our virtual tokens. Hrmm. Deep thoughts.
- According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the longest word in the English language is pneumonoultraicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. What’s the longest word you can find playing our word games?
- Ben and Jerry’s sends the waste from making ice cream to local pig farmers to use as feed. The one flavor the pigs don’t like? Mint Oreo. That works out well for me, actually. I like Mint Oreo.
- The Empire State Building is made up of more than 10 million bricks. And I thought building stuff in Brickz! 2 was challenging.
- And last but not least (I think our very own John will appreciate this one, given his latest post): 7% of Americans don’t know the first nine words of the American anthem, but know the first seven of the Canadian anthem, while 5% of Canadians don’t know the first seven words of the Canadian anthem, but know the first nine of the American anthem. That’s OK; we can all make up for our ignorance by flexing our geography muscles.
Happy birthday, USA!
