The oceans contain 200,000 different kinds of viruses.
Portland was named by a coin flip. Had the coin landed the other way, the city would be known as Boston, Oregon.
Movie popcorn costs more per ounce than Filet Mignon.
Commercial flights were allowed to fly any course to their destination and would often detour over points of interest. This ended in 1956 when two planes crashed mid-flight over the Grand Canyon.