Here are some random facts for you:  No one won an Oscar for a performance in a Steven Spielberg movie until Daniel Day-Lewis did in 2013. And Pocahontas and William Shakespeare died less than one year apart.

1.  Idiopathic diseases are conditions whose symptoms can be described, but have no known cause . . . basically, a mystery disease.

And there are more than you’d think.  More than one-third of acute respiratory diseases are idiopathic . . . up to 40% of gastrointestinal disorders . . . more than half the cases of swelling of the brain . . . and up to 20% of cancers.

2.  No actor or actress won an Oscar for a performance in a Steven Spielberg movie until Daniel Day-Lewis did in 2013, for “Lincoln”.

3.  “That ’70s Show” debuted in 1998, which is 18 years after the ’70s ended.  “That ’90s Show” debuted last month on Netflix, 23 years after the ’90s ended.

4.  Pocahontas and William Shakespeare died less than one year apart . . . and both died in England.  He died in April of 1616, and she died about 150 miles away in March of 1617.

5.  The height of Mount Everest was originally calculated in 1865 at exactly 29,000 feet.  But it was published as being 29,002 feet because scientists were afraid people would assume “29,000” was just a rounded estimate. 

It’s now considered to be 29,031.7 feet above sea level . . . and there’s no funny business with the numbers.