1. New York City was the capital of the U.S. during the first two years George Washington was president, and Philadelphia was the capital for the next six. The capital wasn't officially D.C. until three years after he was out of office.
2. Michael Jordan originally wanted to endorse Adidas, not Nike . . .
but Adidas passed on signing him because the executives felt like he was too short to impress people. He's 6-foot-6, by the way . . . they wanted seven footers.
3. Nevada is the only state where you can buy alcohol any hour of the day. There's no designated time that bars must close . . . so there's no mandated "last call."
4. "Snakes on a Plane" was almost renamed "Pacific Air Flight 121", but Samuel L. Jackson fought to keep the original title.
5. The world's largest cashew tree is in Brazil . . . it's 80,000 square feet, which means it's the size of about five football fields. It's also the size of 70 normal cashew trees.
