The quirky magazine and popular blog, Mental Floss, recently presented a piece titled “25 Things You Should Know About Birmingham, Alabama.” It is chocked full of interesting tidbits and trivia about the city that’s drawn from its history and its current status. Among the things we should know are that Vulcan’s broad backside moons the suburb of Homewood and that Charles Barkley, Emmylou Harris, Courtney Cox and rapper Gucci Mane were all born here. We’re further told that Birmingham transplant Mary Anderson invented and patented the windshield wiper in 1903 and that good-hearted prostitute Louise Wooster helped nurse the town back to health during the 1873 cholera epidemic. Find the rest of this interesting read at http://mentalfloss.com/article/72032/25-things-you-should-know-about-birmingham-alabama.