The Strange People You'll Only Meet On the Subway

The More You Know

• 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.
• Sixty percent of the World’s lakes (three million total) are located in Canada.
• The Japanese created a smoke alarm for those who can't hear, which pumps super-spicy wasabi mist into the air to alert them.
• There's an asteroid that's worth $95.8 trillion.