Fascinating Facts
Predictions that missed the mark
So, who invented the paperclip?
Espresso has less caffeine than cup of coffee
An acre of hemp produces more paper than an acre of trees
Were Wright Brother the first to fly?
Only place a flag is not saluted
Fresh egg will sink in water, stale one won’t
Half world’s population seen at least one 007 movie
First submarine designed in 1578
Products that took 100 years to get to marketplace
Guy on $10 bill shot by Vice President
“Dollar” has origins in the Roman Empire
Budweiser beer named after Czech town
Paul Revere never completed his famous journey
Tower of Pisa has never been straight
First credit card issued in 1951
Longest cruise liners in the world
365 different languages in Indonesia
Mathematical decimal system introduced in 4BC
70% of earth’s dryland affected by desertification
World’s first video arcade game
Sargasso Sea without coastline
Ilyushin-76TD world’s largest waterbomber
One of the Seven Wonders still survives
1 hour 6 minutes per day spent on traveling
Latest sightings of the Loch Ness monsters
Bird that barks instead of sing
Eating with fork considered scandalous
Origins of Easter and Easter bunny
Why is there no ham in a hamburger?
More than 20,000 brands of beer
A diamond will break if you hit it with a hammer
Number of churches and mosques in New York City
More movies produced in India than Hollywood
Cows do not have upper front teeth
One in ten people lives on an island
Valentine’s celebrated Feb 15th, not 14th
Tomato world’s most popular fruit
Oscar Awards held twice in 1930
Can opener invented 48 years late
Traffic lights used before advent of motorcar
Most babies born in this month
World population growth and food for all
Peter the Great tax people with beards
Gibraltar named after a former slave
Mercedes cars named after Austrian girl
British royal family change surname
Bank of America started as Bank of Italy
Napoleon possibly died of poisoning
Nothing happened between 3 and 13 September
Water everywhere but not much to drink
Thanksgiving held twice in 1815
2 700 languages spoken in the world
Anders Celsius’s boiling water
Products designed simultaneously
Cause for Alzheimer’s Disease unknown
Aspirin discovered during experimentation
5 billion crayons produced every year
Emmy award first called “Immy”
It once was law to say “God bless you”