Bob PusateriJohn D. Rockefeller, America's first billionaire, spent more of his life giving away money than he did earning it. #BobFacts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._Rockefeller#Philanthropy
During the Battle of the Bulge, US General Omar Bradley was detained at a checkpoint as a possible spy when he (correctly) identified Springfield as the capital of Illinois. The MP who questioned him believed it was Chicago. #BobFacts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge#Operation_Greif_and_Operation_W%C3%A4hrung
There are more skyscrapers in New York City than all of Europe combined. NYC has 290, Europe has 218. #BobFacts https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/city/new-york-city
Cocaine wasn't entirely eliminated from Coca-Cola until 1930. #BobFacts https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cocaine-coca-cola/
George Everest, the man Mount Everest is named after, didn't want the mountain to bear his name because it would be difficult to write & pronounce in Hindi and all other Himalayan peaks had indigenous names. #BobFacts https://www.bbvaopenmind.com/en/science/leading-figures/the-man-who-didnt-want-everest-to-bear-his-name/
Highway numbers in South Korea go from low to high as you travel from South to North. Numbers 70 to 99 are reserved in case of Korean reunification. #BobFacts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expressways_in_South_Korea
The "New England Vampire Panic" of the 1890s involved people thinking "consumption" (tuberculosis) was caused by vampires, to the point where some TB victims were exhumed and staked through the heart. #BobFacts https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/87985/how-tuberculosis-inspired-19th-century-new-england-vampire-panic
It is believed that the reason certain cicadas emerge in broods at 13 or 17 year intervals (both prime numbers) is it reduces the risk of predators syncing with their life cycles. #BobFacts https://www.baltimoresun.com/bal-te.ms.cicada10may10-story.html
The game "Battleship" was originally played on paper, and not released as a board game until 1967. #BobFacts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battleship_(game)
Pope Francis, born in Argentina, is the first pope to be born outside of Europe since Gregory III, who was born in Syria. #BobFacts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Francis