11. Larry Bird only became a superstar when the Celtics traded away his drinking buddy.
Bird used to go out drinking a lot with Celtics center Rick Robey, and as soon as the team lost Robey, Bird won three straight MVPs.
12. The new Batman movie shares some surprising connections with the Adam West series.
Along with such explicit Easter eggs as sticking a Shakespeare bust in Bruce’s place, The Batman includes some elements never seen on screen since the show, like a costumed Batman openly hanging with the entire force and an older female presence in Wayne Manor.
13. In the ’60s they tried using high school jocks for farm labor.
It was called the A-TEAM plan—“Athletes in Temporary Employment as Agricultural Manpower”—and the students who did sign up for this character-building exercise predictably found the work far too much for them.
14. Hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of gold and silver was recovered underneath the World Trade Center.
Comex, which people use to trade futures in precious metals, stored thousands of bars in a warehouse underground, and they retrieved every ounce of them after the attacks.
15. Jessica Fletcher’s house from Murder She Wrote is available for vacations.
The place urges you to read their pet policy, which charges a $20 fee for dogs.
16. Professional bears certify equipment as bearproof.
A bear sanctuary in Montana keeps a bunch of grizzlies on staff and has them try to break into coolers and dumpsters. Only containers that thwart the bears get the bearproof label.