Random Facts: What is the biggest video game of all time?

What is the biggest video game of all time?
Why are the light bulbs different in NY City Subways & train stations? 
Who invented cotton candy?

Episode Transcript

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

Speaker 2 (00:05):
So light bulbs in New York City Subway and other
train stations have left hand screws. The backwards design is
to actually prevent people from stealing bulbs for use at home.
Eleanor Roosevelt refused to let a secret Service and member
travel with her when she was the first Lady, and
so she carried her own pistol. The guy who invented

(00:26):
cotton candy was a dentist from Tennessee. Didn't that sound weird?
The best selling video game in history is now Minecraft,
with roughly three hundred million copies sold. The only other
game to sell more than one hundred million is Grand
Theft Auto five, which is set it two hundred and
five million. And until the nineteen forties, baby boys were

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actually dressed in pink and baby girls were dressed in blue.
Pink was for boys because it was considered a stronger color.
Blue is for girls because it was considered more delicate
and dainty. So there you go. That's look today at
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