Interesting Facts

Officials in Colorado replaced a "MILE 420" sign near Stratton, about 25 miles from the Kansas border, with a sign that says "MILE 419.99. (Why? Because people kept stealing the old one. Why? Well, seemingly, this innocent looking three digit number 420, (pronounced four-twenty), has long been associated with cannabis and smoking cannabis. I found a couple of reasons for this:- Because a group of pot heads called the Waldos used to meet at 4:20pm. Because 4oz used to cost $20. I guess we'll never know. But this isn't the first place in Colorado with a fractional mile marker. Cameron Pass in Larimer County has a "MILE 68.5" sign after frequent thefts of the "MILE 69" sign, I'm not even going to try to attempt to explain that one.) Sources:  The Independent / Wikipedia

On 20 May, in 1916 the small town of Codell, Kansas was struck by a tornado. Now this might not seem that interesting, but incredibly, the same town was also hit in 1917 and 1918 on the exact same date. (The moral of this story is, don't go to Codell on 20th May.)