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"Everything that can be invented has already
been invented"
So, who invented the paperclip?
Hotly debated global warming issue
First submarine designed in 1578
5 billion crayons produced every year
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 journey
Leaning Tower of Pisa never straight
First credit card issued in 1951
Longest cruise liners in the world
365 different languages in Indonesia
Human head contains 22 bones
Westminster Abbey in London
19 major earthquakes every year
Mathematical decimal system introduced in 4BC
70% of earth's dryland affected by desertification
Sargasso Sea without coastline
Ilyushin-76TD world's largest waterbomber
Half world's population seen at least one 007 movie
One of the Seven Wonders still survives
The Third Millennium
1 hour 6 minutes per day spent on traveling
Products take 100 years to get to marketplace
Latest sightings of the Loch Ness monsters
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Why is there no ham in a hamburger?
Oscar Awards held twice in 1930
More movies produced in India than Hollywood
Cows do not have upper front teeth
92 nuclear bombs lost at sea
One in ten people lives on an island
Valentine's celebrated Feb 15th, not 14th
2 700 languages spoken in the world
Diamond breaks if hit with hammer
Tomato world's most popular fruit
World's largest flower
Dinosaurs did not eat grass
More than 20,000 brands of beer
Fresh egg will sink in water, stale one won't
It once was law to say "God bless you"
Anders Celsius's boiling water
One-eyed crustaceans kill mosquitos
Bird that barks instead of sing
Ships captains keep pigs on board
Only place flag is not saluted
World's tallest buildings
Eating with fork considered scandalous
Espresso with less caffeine than cup of coffee
April Fool
Who invented spectacles (eyeglasses)
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History and origins of Christmas
Origins of Easter and Easter bunny
Can opener invented 48 years late
Traffic lights used before advent of motorcar
Peter the Great tax people with beards
Gibraltar named after a former slave
King of chefs and melba toast
Mercedes cars named after Austrian girl
British royal family change surname
Bank of America start as Bank of Italy
One billion bicycles
Many kings mad!
Napoleon possibly died of poisoning
Wright Brother test airplane in wind tunnel
Products designed simultaneously
Cause for Alzheimer's Disease unknown
World population growth and food for all
Nostradamus predictions for World War III
Aspirin discovered during experimentation
Emmy award first called "Immy"
World's highest bridge
The first stone lighthouse
Nothing between 3 and 13 September
Water everywhere
Thanksgiving held twice in 1815
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