45 Random Bits of Trivia That Our Brain Lets in at 6 A.M. Each Morning to Walk Its Halls Before It Opens for Business

Let these take a few laps around your inner skull
45 Random Bits of Trivia That Our Brain Lets in at 6 A.M. Each Morning to Walk Its Halls Before It Opens for Business

As the facts who work the midnight shift in your head will tell you, you can always count on some new facts waiting patiently at the door each morning. While it’s not technically in a midnight-shift fact’s job description, letting the new ones in was a nicety that sort of became an unofficial task. After they mop the brain floor and clean the brain windows, they unlock the door and let those early-bird facts take a lap. 

It’s a pleasant little tradition ‘round here.

Cinco de Mayo

Cinco de Mayo is about Mexican independence, right? Wrong. It's all about America. May 5 isn't Mexican Independence Day. it's the day a ragtag army in

The Wolf of Wall Street

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Courtney Love

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Meat Glue

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South American Woodpecker

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Collect

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Cathedrals

Many cathedrals have a cruciform plan; that is, if CRACN you see them from above (as God would), they look like a cross. Washington National Chartres

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