RANDOM FACTS: How much time do we wait in line each year total?

Which President has a patent?
What does the word podium actually mean?
How much time do we wait in line each year total?

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well, that's kind of random. Mel tying for random facts
with Mel Taylor.

Speaker 2 (00:05):
The only American president to own a patent is actually
Abraham Lincoln. When he was a lawyer, he patented a
flat bottom boat design, but it actually never went to market.
We misuse the word podium. Podium means a raised platform
on the ground. The thing you stand behind put your
paper on is actually called the lectern. Americans, we spend

(00:27):
about thirty seven billion hours total waiting in line every year.
That's terrible when a word has multiple meanings. In virtually
all cases, the noun form stresses the first syllable, and
verb stresses the last. For example, contract is a noun,
contract is a verb. And technically peanuts are not nuts.

(00:49):
They don't meet the botanical definition, which is a fruit
who's ovary wall becomes hard at maturity. They also grow
in the ground, so they are classified as lesumes. That
is a look today at your random facts.