Broccoli and cauliflower were derived from cabbage.
A new McDonalds restaurant opens ever six hours in
the world.
13,000 Coca-Cola beverages are consumed per second
worldwide.
Judy Garland's false eyelashes were sold at auction
in 1979 for US $125.
The first product Motorola started to develop was a
record player for automobiles.
You're more likely to get stung by a bee on a windy
day that in any other weather.
Joseph
Swan invented a light bulb in 1879, one year before Thomas Edison. But
Swan didn't patent his idea and was accused of copying by Edison ( who
did patent the idea and is therefore recognised as the inventor ) until
it was shown both bulbs were produced in different processes. They then
formed a joint company using the best of both technologies.
The
state of Florida is bigger than England.
The tip of a whip moves so fast that it breaks the
sound barrier. The "crack" of a whip is actually a tiny sonic boom.
Shrimps, oysters, and anemone fishes are all born
male but either can or do develop into females.
A group of kangaroos is called a mob.
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during
a
dance.
It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
Before Mickey Mouse, Felix the Cat was the most
popular cartoon character.
A newborn human is born with 300 bones, but only
has
206 in adulthood.
The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year!
The Dotmatrix printer was developed for the 1964
Tokyo Olympic Games by the Japanese company Seiko.
It takes 4 hours to hardboil an ostrich egg.
Atilla the Hun is thought to have been a dwarf.
The brassiere was invented by Otto Titzling (no
joke).
More people move out of Bulgaria than move in each
year.
The
microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a
chocolate bar melted in his pocket. (Wonder what it did to his liver?)
That researcher also invented microwave popcorn.
Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are
fifty
years of age or older.
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