1.
The word "weather" originally just
meant "wind."
2. The
"Bitcoin Faucet" website, created by former lead developer of
Bitcoin, handed out 10,000 free bitcoins to visitors. That's about $44 million
today.
3. The
20 richest soccer clubs, all European, earned 7.4 billion euros in the 2015/16.
Sponsorships and merchandise accounted for 43% of it, broadcast rights 39%, and
ticket sales 18%.
4. Estimates
suggest the flooding caused by the tropical storm Harvey could destroy up to
$20 billion in insured property, making it one of the costliest storms in US
history.
5. Donald
Trump installed goats on his New Jersey golf courses to get them designated as
agricultural properties to lower his property taxes.
6. Iceland
has one of the largest gun ownership rates in the world and one of the lowest
crime rates as well.
7. Punk
rock was born at a cinema matinee in Peru in the 1960s.
8.
Mississippi elected the first African American
to serve in the U.S. Congress already in 1870.
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