1. Coca-Cola wanted to raise their prices from 5 cents a bottle in 1953, so they asked the Treasury Department to start making a 7.5-cent coin. They declined, and Coke eventually raised the price to 10 cents.
2. There's a spot in the Pacific Ocean called Point Nemo that's 1,670 miles from any land . . . which means it's SO remote that the nearest humans are usually in space.
3. In the U.S., you're twice as likely to die from your pajamas catching on fire than from Ebola during your lifetime.
4. In 1989, Blockbuster was growing so fast that a new store was opening every 17 hours. At its peak in 2004, there were 9,094 stores, and it employed around 84,300 people. Today, there is only ONE left, and it's in Bend, Oregon.
5. Phyllis Smith, who played the older, motherly woman on "The Office", was once an NFL cheerleader. She cheered for the Cardinals back when they were in St. Louis in the 1970s.
