AWESOME FACTS ABOUT EVERYTHING CXV

1. Tokyo is the capital of Japan and an anagram of its former capital, KYOTO. Kyoto was the capital of Japan for over 1,000 years (794-1868).

2. Orcas are the most powerful predators on earth. They are called killer whales, but they are not whales. They are the largest member of the dolphin family. Whales, dolphins, and porpoises are members of the marine mammal group called Cetaceans.

3. MIT sends out acceptance letters on Pi Day - March 14.

4. Less than 2% of the world's population are natural redheads.

5. A nanosecond is 1/1,000,000,000 (1 billionth) of a second. So there are 60 billion nanoseconds in a minute.

6. The flag of Nepal has five sides.

7. In Germany, Laurel and Hardy are known as Dick und Doof - Fat and Stupid. The order of their names is reversed. 

8. According to the Washington Post, an estimated 90% of turns by UPS delivery trucks are right turns. This is intentional. Left turns are seen as inefficient because they leave the trucks sitting in traffic longer. The logistics company, renowned for its obsession with efficiency, estimates its policy of minimizing the number of left turns has saved 10 million gallons of fuel in the last decade. Also, left turns are much more likely to cause crashes than right turns.