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In
1899 it was thought that "everything that can be invented has already
been invented." Did they get it wrong!
So,
who invented the paperclip?
Did
you know that the first submarine was designed in 1578?
Did
you know that over 5 billion crayons are produced each year?
The
guy on the ten-dollar bill was shot and killed by a vice president
The
word "dollar" has its origins in the Roman Empire
Budweiser
beer is named after a Czech town
Paul
Revere never completed his journey
Did
you know that the Leaning Tower of Pisa has never really been straight?
The
first credit card was issued in 1951
The
longest cruise liners in the world
365
different languages are spoken in Indonesia
Did
you know that the human head contains 22 bones?
Westminster
Abbey in London got its name from its location
There
are 19 major earthquakes every year
The
mathematical decimal system was introduced in 4BC
More
than 70% of earth's dryland is affected by desertification?
The
Sargasso Sea does not have a coastline
The
Ilyushin-76TD is the world's largest waterbomber
Thanksgiving
was held twice in 1815
Half
the world's population have seen at least one James Bond movie
Did
you know that only one of the Seven Wonders of the World still survives?
A
person spends 1 hour and 6 minutes per day on travelling
It
took some popular products 100 years to get to the marketplace
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Why
is there no ham in a hamburger?
The
Oscar Awards were held twice in 1930
More
movies are produced in India than in Hollywood
There
is a bird that barks instead of sing
Did
you know that there are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea?
One
in every ten people in the world lives on an island
The
festival of love used to be celebrated on February 15th, not 14th
There
are more than 2 700 languages spoken in the world
Did
you know that if you hit a diamond with a hammer, it breaks?
The
tomato is the world's most popular fruit, selling more than bananas and
oranges
The
petals of the world's largest flower are half metre (1,5 feet) long
Did
you know that plant-eating dinosaurs did not eat grass?
There
are more than 20,000 brands of beer
A
fresh egg will sink in water, but a stale one won't
Did
you know that it once was law to say "God bless you" to one who
sneezed?
Anders
Celsius's boiling water
One-eyed
crustaceans are used successfully to kill mosquitos
Did
you know that cows do not have upper front teeth?
Did
you know that ships captains used to keep pigs on board?
Where
is the only place that a flag is not saluted?
Did
you know that genetically modified plants can grow plastic?
Eating
with a fork was once considered scandalous
An
espresso has less caffeine than a cup of coffee
Nobody
knows who invented spectacles (eyeglasses)
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Did
you know that there are about a billion bicycles in the world?
The
can opener was invented 48 years after cans were introduced
Traffic
lights were in use before the advent of the motorcar
Peter
the Great taxed people for growing beards
Gibraltar
is named after a former slave
Which
country was the first to greet the new millennium?
Did
you know that Mercedes cars are named after an Austrian girl?
The
British royal family changed their surname (last name) in 1917
The
Bank of America started as the Bank of Italy
The
origins of Easter and the Easter bunny
Did
you know that many kings were mad!
Did
you know that Napoleon died of arsenic poisoning?
The
Wright Brother tested the first airplane in a wind tunnel
Some
famous products were designed by two different parties at the same time
Scientist
still do not know what causes Alzheimer's Disease
Did
you know that there are now 6 billion of us?
What
does Nostradamus predict about the World War III?
Aspirin
was discovered during experimentation with a waste product
Did
you know that the Emmy award was first called the "Immy"?
The
world's highest bridge is in the Himalayans
Tthe
first stone lighthouse was lit by only 24 candles
Nothing
happened between 3 and 13 September 1752
The
history and origins of Christmas
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interesting sites
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