AWESOME FACTS ABOUT EVERYTHING LXXVI 

1. There is no such word as  IRREGARDLESS.

2. The official shelf life of Twinkies is 45 days.

3. Feldspar makes up 60% of the earth's crust.

4. The Spanish National anthem has no words.

5. It takes 75,000 saffron flowers to make one pound of saffron spice, making it the most expensive spice in the world, by far ($5,000/pound in 2022).

6. Swiss women could not vote in national elections until 1971.

7. Polar bears have black skin under their white fur.

8. The Empire State Building is hit by lightning about 25 times a year.

9. Cartographers at the National Geographic Society have "discovered" a fifth ocean. It's the body of water surrounding Antarctica that's been carved from the nearby Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans by the fast-moving Antarctic Circumpolar Current. The Society is calling this new sea sister the Southern Ocean.

10. The Arch Deluxe was a hamburger sold by McDonald's in 1996 and marketed specifically to adults. It was created to appeal to "sophisticated urbanites with sophisticated palates" and was acknowledged even by critics as a very good hamburger. The trouble was, nobody wanted it. A victim of its own success, McDonald's could not overcome its fast food image - especially as a kids' favorite place. It was the biggest marketing flop in McDonald's history, with the brand spending an estimated $300 million on the research, production, and marketing of the Arch Deluxe. 

11. Elizabeth Taylor arrived fashionably late to her own funeral - giving specific instructions that the casket be delivered 15 minutes behind schedule - thus maintaining her reputation for infuriating directors by always being late for her arrival on movie sets.