RANDOM: If you’re like us, your heads are spinning, thinking of so many things at once. How much longer until Christmas? Is all the shopping done? 

We’re bringing you some random stuff to get your mind off everything else.

Most American car horns honk in the key of F. The note was chosen because it is a sound that can penetrate traffic noise without being overly startling, making it an effective warning signal. 

General Motors standardized horns to F and A in the 1940s, which helped simplify their parts lines and spare parts inventory for manufacturers and dealers.

While F has become common, some luxury vehicles, such as Cadillac, have horns that play a chord with multiple notes (like A, C, D, and F) for a richer sound. 

The name Wendy was made up for the book “Peter Pan.” – However, the name Wendy did exist prior to Peter Pan, though rarely, potentially as a shortened form of the Welsh name Gwendolen. Playwright J.M. Barrie created the character Wendy Darling for his 1904 play Peter Pan.

‘Stewardesses’ is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand. 

The electric chair was invented by a dentist. Alfred P. Southwick invented the electric chair as a more humane alternative to hanging in the early 1880s. He conceived the idea after seeing a man die quickly from accidental contact with a live electric generator and later proposed using electricity for capital punishment.

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver and purple. There are many words that have no rhyme in the English language. “Orange” is only the most famous. Others include: silver, purple, month, ninth, pint, wolf, opus, dangerous, marathon and discombobulate.