The Friday Five

(not to be confused with The Furious Five)

Anyone that knows me knows that I know a lot of "useless" stuff. You know, trivial knowledge that's really only good for playing trivia or making conversation (both very useful and potentially fruitful things). So, allow me to introduce what may be a recurring feature here, "The Friday Five". It'll be five interesting things that you hopefully didn't know about before you came here... things that can let you be better at trivia, and make better conversation!

1. There are only four Shakers (a spin-off of Quakers) left, and all of them live in Maine.
   
   
2. Weezer's current bass player, Scott Shriner, used to play bass for Vanilla Ice.
   
   
3. Wooden paddle spankings are still legal in 21 American states, and an average of 1,350 school paddlings happened each day in 2003.
   
   
4. There are more Subway restaurants in the USA than any other fast food chain.
   
   
5. Katharine MacPhee, of American Idol, was bulimic during the Idol process. She had gone through rehab, and recovered by the end, dropping 30 pounds with healthy eating. Take that and stuff it, eating-disorder people! Ha ha! (I guess the acid in her throat from heaving 7 times a day was part of why I didn't care for her vocals)