Useless info you've learned over the years that's slightly cool

Despite a population of over a billion, China has only about 200 family names.
 
Fact:

In every episode of Seinfeld there is a reference to Superman somewhere.
 
Of the six men who made up the Three Stooges, three of them were real brothers (Moe, Curly and Shemp.)
 
A theater manager in Seoul, Korea felt that The Sound of Music was too long, so he shortened it by cutting out all the songs.
 
Crispy is not a word. It has become accepted because of the food industry, particularly the cereal industry. The actual word is crisp.

You can't get something for "free". You can get it free but free is not "for" something.
No such thing as a free gift either.
 
Fact: the name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan". Before then, there is no record of the name being used.
 
Fact:

Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down -- hence the expression "to get fired".
 
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