Malarky

This week, instead of one long story on useless information, I'll just give you a few from last night's game of Malarky.

1. Covered bridges are covered to protect the wood because it rots faster when exposed to sun and rain. That's why the newer steel and concrete bridges aren't covered. It has nothing to do with people getting stabbed! haha
2. Grocery coupons say they have a cash value of 1/100 of a cent because before the law was passed that says they have to say that, people could literally just turn in their coupons for cash. So the businesses were basically just printing currency. Say, if you had a coupon for a dollar off your chicken strips, but you didn't need any more chicken, you could just take in the coupon and they would have to give you the dollar.
3. Modern day farm plots are circular (instead of squares) because the irrigation systems are stationary on one end, while the other end rolls. This way, it travels in an arc around the whole circle and all of the plants get water.

Well, I can't remember any of the rest, so I'm going to assume they weren't interesting. Tune in next week for an English lesson on vowels!