Things I learned lately 4 Nov

• Colin Hanks, Tom Hank’s son, has a handkerchief company called Hanks Kerchiefs.
• Every minute, the city of New York consumes the equivalent of an Olympic swimming pool full of water.
• Oxford University existed 250 years before the Aztecs existed. Oxford University first opened in 1096, the Aztec period was from 1345-1521.
• The existence of dinosaurs wasn’t known until the 1820s. Bones had been discovered, but people didn’t realize what they belonged to.
• In a recent study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology, they discovered that the impact of a small act of kindness is much stronger than we realize, both in terms of how it makes the recipient feel, and their willingness to pay that kindness forward.
• Montpelier, Vermont, is the only US capital without a McDonald's within its city limits.
• Dr. Seuss invented the word "nerd".
• There are no London Drugs stores east of Manitoba.
• BC has 67% of all the London Drugs stores in Canada.
• The piano part of Nilsson’s song ‘Without You’ is performed by Gary Wright.
• The piano part of Cat Steven’s song ‘Morning has Broken’ is performed by Rick Wakeman.
• Apparently only 2 albums were ever played whole, from start to finish, on BBC Radio 1. Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon, and Jean Michel Jarre’s Oxygene.