It's True! (Part Six)

More True Facts and Trivia adapted from various sources including That's a Fact, Jack! and True Facts that Sound Like Bull$#*t

You asked for more trivia and true facts so happy to continue this series. Thank you for the comments and suggestions. Without further ado:

• Despite not existing, the Unicorn is the "National Animal" of Scotland.

• Venus spins clock forward and no one knows why. The rest of the planets in our solar system spin counterclockwise.

• We almost nuked the moon. Back in the 1950's, the U.S. Air Force considered launching a nuclear missile at the moon as a show of superiority since the blast would be visible from Earth.

• The Alphabet Song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star are the same tune. (You're testing it right now, aren't you?)

• The Leading role in Forrest Gump was originally offered to John Travolta.

• Leonardo Dicaprio didn't draw that sexy sketch of Kate Winslet in the movie Titanic. The sketch was done by director James Cameron!

• Kelsey Grammer once played a captain on Star Trek. Check out "Cause and Effect" on Star Trek: The Next Generation.

• The Stanley Cup has several typos engraved on it. Including "BQSTQN BRUINS" and "TORONTO MAPLE LEAES"

• The only team to score three touchdowns in under one minute in the NFL is the New England Patriots and they've done it TWICE!

• Major League baseball uses about 900,000 balls every season.

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• The North American Wife Carrying Championship has been an annual event since 1999.

• Olympic Athletes used to compete naked. In antient Greece, competitors were expected to be nude for all events. (Now, we just have streakers!)

• The United States bought Alaska from Russia for a price that equated to under 2 cents per acre.

• Interracial Marriage was still illegal in the United States until 1967.

• The Pope once declared black cats to be an incarnation of Satan. Pope Gregory IX believed that black cats were tied to the devil. As a result, many cats were killed and some believe that the lack of cats contributed to an increase in the rat population and contributed to the spread of the Bubonic Plague.

• Almost one percent of the entire population of the U.S. is currently in jail.

• More people are killed annually by vending machines than sharks!

• Someone once left a cat an inheritance of $12,500,000.00!

• When Buzz Aldrin joined Neil Armstrong on the surface of the moon, he had to ensure the door to the eagle lunar module did not close behind him as there was no exterior handle.

• Every 20 minutes, the world's human population increases by 3,500 people. At the same time, one or more species of animal or plant life is wiped out - roughly 27,000 species per year.