Fun facts for today:

• According to the Guinness World Records, the world's heaviest watermelon weighed 350 pounds. Imagine trying to slice up that bad boy for a summer picnic.
  
  
• Mushrooms can glow in the dark. In fact, there are more than 70 varieties of mushrooms that do this.
  
  
• Since 1962, the official sport of Maryland has been jousting.
  
  
• A random geographical fact is that the highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado. 
  
  
• Ketchup was once sold as medicine to treat diarrhea and indigestion. The treatment did not, in fact, work.
  
  
• In Switzerland, it's illegal to own just one guinea pig because they crave social interaction so much. In their natural habitat, they live in groups and are very communicative.
  
  
• When Mary Stuart was just six days old, she became the Queen of Scotland. 
  
  
• Seven percent of American adults think chocolate milk comes from brown cows (spoiler: It does not).
  
  
• Bananas are curved because of how they grow - toward the sun. 
  
  
• Only 5% of the ocean has been explored. The intense pressure at the deepest depths of the ocean makes it virtually impossible to navigate.
  
  
• Saint Lucia is the only country in the world named after a woman. 
  
  
• The British royal family cannot play Monopoly because it gets too competitive.
  
  
• Queen Elizabeth only wore one nail polish color, Essie's Ballet Slippers. 
  
  
• The Supreme Court has its own private basketball court called "the highest court in the land." Pretty clever. It also features a full gym.
  
  
• More people are killed by vending machine accidents than sharks. Also, more than 90% of shark attacks are on males.
  
  
• There's a town in Norway called Hell. Ironically, it never gets very warm there at all. The temperature regularly dips below zero degrees.