Things I learned lately 20 Mar

• You may know the famous Funk #49, but there was a Funk #48 too, on the previous James Gang (pictured) album.
• Funk #49 is 50 years old this year.
• Phil Collins played on a few of Brian Eno's albums in the 1970s.
• One horsepower is NOT equal to the peak power production of a horse. In fact, a horse is capable of 15 horsepower. A human's capability is 5 HP.
• Candy corn was originally called chicken feed.
• There are more barrels of bourbon in Kentucky than there are people.
• Area code assignment was influenced by the rotary phone. Big cities like New York and Los Angeles received numbers that required less effort to dial, while less populous cities like Anchorage received numbers that took longer to dial.
• Japan has the most 7-11 stores.
• The first female host of SNL (and first person to host the show more than once) was Candice Bergen.
• One of iconic actor Jack Nicholson’s early jobs was working as a gofer/intern in MGM’s cartoonist department where one of his primary responsibilities was answering fan mail sent by children addressed to famous cartoon duo Tom and Jerry.
• Before the advent of granulated sugar, sugar was sold to consumers in loaves.