Weird and Wacky World Facts
Compiled by Ross James ‘09
Political Editor ··································
- Tipping waiters in Icelandic restaurants is considered an insult.
- Almost half of the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada.
- Skepticisms is the longest word that alternates hands when typing.
- A group of geese on the ground is a gaggle; a group of geese in the air is a skein.
- A 'jiffy' is the unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
- A quarter has 119 grooves on its edge, called ‘Reeds’; a dime has one less Reed.
- Thomas Jefferson was the first president to shake hands in greeting. Earlier presidents bowed.
- Ronald Regan was the only U.S. president to head a labor union.
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