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The first medication to be in the form of a water soluble tablet was aspirin in 1900.
Reykjavik, Iceland is likely the cleanest capital city in the world.
Chester Greenwood from the United States, was 15 years old in 1873 when he invented earmuffs.
(And they say nothing good comes from American youth.)
Barking Sands Beach on the Hawaiian island of Kauai is known for its unusual sand that squeaks or "barks like a dog." The dry sand grains emit an eerie sound when rubbed with bare feet.
(As long as I don't go to the "biting sands" beach I'm alright)
Albert Einstein never learned how to drive a car.
(Does that make me a genius to?)
The dot over an "i" is called a tittle.
The human stomach must produce a new mucus layer once every two weeks or digest itself.
During the chariot scene in 'Ben Hur' a small red car can be seen in the distance.
(The Roman car "Hercules" was popular during the Empires heyday's.)
John Wilkes Booth's brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln's son.
Daniel Boone detested coonskin caps.
The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; '7' was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. 'UP' indicated the direction of the bubbles.
(One of life's most pressing questions answered!)
Peter Mayhew, who played Chewbacca in the first three Star Wars movies, was a hospital porter in London.
(Ewwwughughughuuuuuuuuug! *Translation* Would you like a spot of tea?)
MTV (Music Television) first aired at 12:01 AM on August 1, 1981. The first video was 'Video Killed the Radio Star' by the Bugles.
The 57 in the Heinz 57 ketchup name represents the number of varieties of pickle the company once had.
The most common name in the world is Mohommad.
Pi
- The first one-hundred digits of pi are: 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939
9375105820974944592307816406286208998628034825342117067
- The billionth digit of pi is 9.
- National pi day is March 14.
(Freaky)
Apples are proven to help people wake up better than caffeine.
Those stars and colors you see when you close and rub your eyes are called phosphenes.
(who bothered to name them?)
The year 1987 was the 50th anniversary of Spam.
Coca cola is used by police forces in the US to clean blood off of roads after car accidents.
(I bet you didn't want to know that!)
A jiffy is an actual measurement of time, it is 1/100 of a second.
(Anyone that says they will do something in a jiffy is a liar!)
A pineapple is a berry.
(Whoda thunk it?)
From the 1500's to the 1700's, tobacco was prescribed by doctors to treat a variety of ailments including headaches, toothaches, arthritis and bad breath.
(Boy how wrong the doctors where then....)
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