Five Random Facts at 5:00 for Monday March 22

Here are some random facts for you . . .

1. The U.S. Forest Service created Smokey the Bear in 1944 after their deal ran out with Disney to use Bambi on their forest fire prevention posters.

2. Disney originally passed on"The Little Mermaid" because they thought its plot conflicted too much with another movie they were planning . . . the sequel to"Splash" called"Splash Too". Obviously they changed their mind.

3. There are 76 colleges whose sports team nickname is the Eagles. Tigers are the second-most common with 46 schools . . . and Bulldogs is third with 40.

4. Iceland has an official list of legal baby names . . . 1,853 female names and 1,712 male names . . . and you need government permission to give a kid a name that's not on the list. The point of the list is to "preserve the Icelandic language."

5. Maine made it illegal to put tomatoes in clam chowder in 1939.

(South Dakota/Cinema Blend/Wikipedia/The Week/Movoto)

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Five Random Facts at 5:00 for Monday March 22

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