1. Boxer shorts are called that because they're the style that boxers wear.
2. There's an actual law in Scotland where any man who gets caught wearing underwear under his kilt can be fined two cans of beer.
3. The terms "left wing" and "right wing" come from the French Revolution in 1789. People who supported the king sat on the right side of the president, people who wanted a revolution sat on the left.
4. The New Mexico state Senate passed a bill in the '90s that required psychologists to wear wizard's hats when they testified in court. A senator had tacked it onto another bill, but it was caught and taken out before the House of Representatives voted on it.
5. NBC created its peacock logo in 1956 because peacocks are multicolored. RCA owned NBC at the time, and thought a multicolored logo might inspire people to buy color
