Read this now. Thank me later.

Do you subscribe to Mental Floss Magazine?

You certainly ought to.  

Mental Floss is jam-packed with witty articles, amazing facts, trivia, and other cool stuff--and its name it totally rad.  It's a haven for your inner geek.

This gem of knowledge showed up in my Facebook newsfeed the other day.

Go on, read it.  You know you want to.

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/102722