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heath — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:21:53 PST

A dog was the first in space and a sheep, a duck and a rooster the first to fly in a hot air balloon. The first mention of soap was on Sumerian clay tablets dating about 2,500 BC. The soap was made of water, alkali and cassia oil. Only one of the Seven Wonders of [...] Related posts:

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Assortment of Invention Facts

heath — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 14:08:57 PST

In 1889, Kansas undertaker Almon B. Strowger wanted to prevent telephone operators from advising his rivals of the death of local citizens. So he invented the automatic exchange. Joseph Niepce developed the world’s first photographic image in 1827. The first vending machine was invented by Hero of Alexandria around 215 BC. When a coin was [...] Related posts:

Assortment of Human Body Facts

heath — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 14:07:45 PST

On average, people can hold their breath for about one minute. The world record is 15 minutes 2 seconds, by Tom Sietas.. After a certain period of growth, hair becomes dormant. That means that it is attached to the hair follicle until replaced by new hair. The liver is the largest of the body’s internal [...] Related posts:

Assortment of President Facts, King Facts, Queen Facts, Emperor Facts, Dictator Facts, Czar Facts,

heath — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 14:06:04 PST

John Quincy Adams married for money. James Abram Garfield was the last president to be born in a log cabin. Eleven years after Abraham Lincoln’s burial, grave robbers broke into his tomb and dragged the casket partially out before they were caught. The men were convicted merely of breaking and entering and served a year [...] Related posts:

Assortment of Money Facts, Currency Facts, Exchange Facts

heath — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 13:05:08 PST

Queen Elizabeth II is one of the 10th wealthiest women in the world. In gambling language, for a gambling house a “sure-thing” is a wager that a player has little chance of winning; “easy money” is their profit from an inexperienced bettor, an unlucky player is called a “stiff.” In 1965, CEOs earned on average [...] Related posts:

Assortment of Music Facts

heath — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:59:07 PST

Global sales of pre-recorded music total more than $40 billion. It was at a concert in Minneapolis in 1954 that Al Dvorin first closed Elvis’s concerts with: “Ladies and Gentleman, Elvis has left the building. Thank you and good night.” The first pop video was Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen, released in 1975. In 1972 Leslie [...] Related posts:

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heath — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 12:55:05 PST

When William McKinley’s wife Ida McKinley became first lady of the White House, she hated the color yellow so much that she made it a White House yellow-free zone. She even ordered the gardeners to yank every yellow flower out of the garden grounds. Rutherford Birchard Hayes won lots of spelling contests when he was [...] Related posts:

Very Random Food Facts

heath — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 13:49:29 PST

Milk chocolate was invented by Daniel Peter, who sold the concept to his neighbour Henri Nestlé. Botanically speaking, the banana is a herb and the tomato is a fruit. In 1994, Chicago artist Dwight Kalb sent David Letterman a statue of Madonna, made of 180lb of ham. Americans eat twice as much meat as Europeans, [...] Related posts:

Very Random Human Body Facts

heath — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 15:48:14 PST

The coloured part of the eye is called the iris. Behind the iris is the soft, rubbery lens which focuses the light on to a layer, called the retina, in the back of the eye. The retina contains about 125 million rods and 7 million cones. The rods pick up shades of grey and help [...] Related posts:

Very Random Invention Facts

heath — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:46:35 PST

In 1894, Lord Kelvin predicted that radio had no future; he also predicted that heavier-than-air flying machines were impossible. The paperclip was invented by Norwegian Johann Vaaler. Traffic lights were used before the advent of the motorcar. One hour before Alexander Graham Bell registered his patent for the telephone in 1876, Elisha Gray patented his [...] Related posts: