Episode Transcript
Well, that was kind of random. Mel dying for random facts with Mel
Taylor. Take a look today atyour random facts. If the sun dies,
it'll take about eight minutes before weactually realize that it has. More
photos were taken in the past sevenyears than in all of previous history.
(00:22):
Chick fil A launched in nineteen fortysix, but it was actually called Dwarf
Grill. The name was changed innineteen sixty one to Chick fil A.
Dick only became short for Richard becausenicknames that rhymes were popular in the twelve
hundreds, so people known as Rickwere also called Dick. And then there
you go. Honestly, I've alwayswondered that there used to be as second
(00:45):
Madison Square Gardens in Queens, butit was torn down during World War Two
to make room for an Army maildepot, and that today is a look
add to our random facts
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