Facts

ALABAMA: There’s a store in Alabama that sells unclaimed baggage.

Tom Hanks modeled his accent after Michael Connor Humphreys, the actor who played young Forrest Gump.

The name “Area 51” came from a simple grid reference on an atomic energy commission map. It’s also been nicknamed the Paradise Ranch, Watertown, and Dreamland to make it sound more appealing.

Target was founded as Goodfellow Dry Goods in 1902 by George D. Dayton, but it wasn’t until the 1960s that the first Target store opened in Roseville, Minnesota.

The United Staes is a large, diverse, beautiful, complicated place. These maps help show the unique differences, and similarities, between each state.

Costco runs 762 warehouses around the world–as of this moment.

You lose somewhere between 75 and 100 strands of hair every day.

Creepy facts that will chill you to the bone.

Peter Cassel, spokesperson for the FDA, says that “Drinking milk a day or two after the milk’s expiration date (otherwise known as the sell-by date) may not be a safety issue but may be more of a taste issue.”