Did You Know?

It's well documented that I have a man crush on radio personality and WTOP traffic correspondent Bob Marbourg (well, it is now), but did you know that Botswana's per capita GDP is $14,300? It is.

Everyone knows that Democratic Congressman Daniel Sickles (and future Civil War general, Republican operative, and soon-to-be the deposed Queen of Spain's lover) was the first man acquitted of murder by plea of temporary insanity after he shot and killed his wife's lover, Phillip Barton Key, the son of Francis Scott Key, but did you know that the Oakland Raiders defeated the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl XI? Fred Biletnikoff was the MVP.

Of course the best Klezmer-Hip Hop musician of all time is Josh "SoCalled" Dolgin, but did you know that statistically the death penalty is racist not because of the race of the convicted murderer, but based on the race of the victim. If the victim is white, the convicted murderer is significantly more likely to receive the death penalty than if the victim is black.