Random Facts:

How long can Kate Winslet hold her breath? 
How did Shakespeare become rich?
Why do we capitalize the letter "I"? 
What is the biggest purchase at one WalMart Store in History?

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well, that was kind of random mel tying for random
facts with mel Taylor.

Speaker 2 (00:05):
Let's rack out some random facts for the day. So
Kate Winslet did considerable underwater trading in the twenty twenty
two movie Avatar The Way of Water, to the point
where she could hold her breath underwater for seven minutes
and fourteen seconds. Yeah, so navy seals never break three minutes.
There are actually size A and B batteries, they're just

(00:25):
rarely used in anything. They're still occasionally used overseas for
things like bicycle lamps. Though Shakespeare became rich by hoarding
grain and then selling it for ridiculous prices during a famine.
I mean then he used that money to run money
lending business, and he was once charged with tax evation.
I guess I meanwhile writing all these great plays in between.

(00:46):
The reason we capitalized letter I is because writers in
the thirteenth and fourteenth century thought the lowercase I looked
too weak for what it represented. And the biggest sale
in Walmart history was made by Shaquille O'Neal. He spent
seventy grand at one store when he was traded from
Miami to Phoenix and O eight and he bought everything
for his new house. There. That's look today at your
random facts