Here are some random facts for you.
1. Horses are banned from mating in public in Ohio. Stallions must have privacy. The law states: “No owner of a stallion or jack, shall permit it to serve a mare within 30 feet of a public street or alley in a municipal corporation.”
2. Bamboo is the fastest-growing plant on Earth. In fact, the Chinese moso bamboo can grow almost three feet in a single day.
3. There are two U.S. presidents that had the middle initial “S” . . . Harry S. Truman and Ulysses S. Grant, and in both cases, the “S” didn’t actually stand for anything.
4. The most common street name in America is “Second.” “Third” is second, followed by “First,” “Fourth,” and “Park.”
5. Apples are not “true to seed,” meaning the seeds from any particular variety apple will not necessarily grow to be the same variety. So if you planted seeds of a Red Delicious, there’s a chance you aren’t going to get Red Delicious.
(Ohio.gov / Science Focus / History Facts / Service Objects / NWPB)
