amazing fact generator

some random things. i love trivia and useless knowledge.

‘Jay’ used to be slang for ‘foolish person.’ So when a pedestrian ignored street signs, he was referred to as a ‘jaywalker.’

Kathleen Casey of Philadelphia was born at 12:00:01 a.m. Eastern time on January 1, 1946. This not only made her the first child born in the United States that year, but also made her the first “Baby Boomer.”

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