function factoids()
{
//5
var ranNum= Math.round(Math.random() * 5);
if (ranNum == 0){document.write('America\'s first president George Washington was likely bled to death on December 14, 1799, by the common practice at that time -- blood-letting with leeches.'); } // washington
if (ranNum == 1){document.write('The jury never heard Lizzie Borden\'s damaging inquest testimony. It was ruled inadmissible due to a mistake -- neither her lawyer nor the court had advised Lizzie of her rights before or during the inquest.'); } // lizzie
if (ranNum == 2){document.write('The Black Plague killed a quarter of Europe (20 million people) in the 4 years between 1346 and 1350 alone.'); } // plague
if (ranNum == 3){document.write('The Guillotine was designed to make execution more humane. However, many doctors believed that it could take as long as 30 seconds before the victim lost consciousness. Approximately 40,000 people were "guillotined" during the French Revolution.'); } // guillotine
if (ranNum == 4){document.write('The practice of embalming in America has its roots in the Civil War (1861-1865). Traveling embalmers followed the trails of major military groups on both the North and South sides. Casualties could then be shipped home two or three weeks after death.'); } // embalming
if (ranNum == 5){document.write('The influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 killed more than 20 million people. Although the origin of the virus is not precisely clear, the flu became known as the "Spanish Flu" or "La Grippe" because of the early affliction in Spain, where it allegedly killed 8 million. An estimated 675,000 Americans died during the pandemic.'); } // influenza
}