1. In December of 2014, “People” selected its first and only Sexiest Woman Alive: Kate Upton. (For some reason, I initially read this as Kate Gosselin. Kate Upton took some time off acting after marrying Justin Verlander.)
2. The steakhouse chain Smith & Wollensky got its name when the founder opened up the phone book and randomly picked two people’s last names. The founder was a guy named Alan Stillman, and no one named Smith or Wollensky was ever involved.
3. Otis Redding died in a plane crash in 1967 . . . only three days after he recorded “(Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay”.
4. The Hundred Years’ War between England and France really lasted 116 years: From 1337 to 1453.
5. The 1876 presidential election had the highest voter turnout of any election in history . . . 82.6% of eligible Americans voted. It also had the smallest margin of victory ever. Rutherford B. Hayes beat Samuel Tilden by only one electoral vote.
