
Peter Cooper invented Jell-O, but it was his wife, May, who named the treat.

Louis Pasteur was responsible for saving France’s silkworm industry that was practically decimated in the mid 19th century.

The average American now consumes 37mil lbs. of minerals, metals and fuel, over the course of a lifetime. That includes 2,000lbs of copper, 6,000lbs of aluminum, 1,000lbs of lead, 1,000 lbs. of zinc and 1.8 oz of gold per person

In 2015 the TSA collected $765,759.15 in loose change at airport security checkpoints across the country. They get to keep all of it.

George Washington was born on February 11, 1731. After Great Britain adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1752, Washington’s birthday was moved to Feb 22, 1732.

NBC Sportscaster Al Michaels is an inductee of the Walter Cronkrite Alumni Hall of Fame at Arizona State University.

In the early days of the Cuban Missile Crisis, President Kennedy cancelled all public events due to a “cold”. Instead, he spent five hours discussing the crisis with advisers. Vice President Lyndon Johnson also cited a cold when he cut short his trip to Hawaii to return to Washington.