Five Random Facts for Tuesday

Here are some random facts for you.

1.  Honeybees pollinate about one-third of America’s crops.

2.  Paul McCartney wouldn’t let “Weird Al” Yankovic do a parody of “Live and Let Die” called “Chicken Pot Pie”, because he didn’t want to promote eating meat.

3.  There are more $2 bills in circulation right now than $100 bills.

4.  Kiribati is the only country in the world that’s in all four hemispheres.  It’s made up of islands in the Pacific Ocean that are on both sides of the two lines that divide the world into hemispheres:  The International Date Line and the equator.

5.  IKEA does about $1.8 billion in food sales every year, with about 650 million people eating at their stores.

 

(USDA / Archive.org / Where’s George / Wikipedia / Marketwatch)