According to Ray Mabus, Secretary of the Navy, every time the price of oil increases by $1 a barrel the U.S. military’s costs increase by $31 million. featured image credit: ylikoski

Hawaii, Alaska and South Dakota are the only three U.S. states that do not recognize Columbus Day at all.

According to the Kentucky Distillers’ Association there are 4.7 million barrels of bourbon and other whiskeys currently aging in Kentucky, outnumbering the state’s population of 4.3 million. featured image credit; http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barrels_with_a_flavour_to_impart_-_geograph.org.uk_-_286747.jpg

Until reaching agreement with Peru in 2007 Yale University retained the first artifacts of Machu Picchu excavated by Hiram Bingham under the argument that the country did not have the infrastructure or proper conditions to take care of them. featured image credit: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peru_Machu_Picchu_Sunrise_2.jpg

The Paramount release WINGS is the only silent film to have won a Best Picture Academy Award.

Richard Nixon’s letter to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger officially resigning the Presidency of the United States was only one sentence long.

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: According to the National Association of Theatre Owners a movie ticket purchased for the avergae price of $1.65 in 1971 would cost $9.20 in today’s dollars if adjusted according to the general inflation rate, higher than the actual current industry average price of $7.86. If you liked this post, please do us [...]

Hugh Hefner assembled the first issue of Playboy on the kitchen table in his Chicago apartment in 1953 at a cost of $600.

According to the ocean advocacy group Oceana 84% of seafood in the U.S. is imported annually and of that amount only 2% is inspected. featured image credit: Nemo’s great uncle

Iceland is the smallest country in the world to have its own independent currency.