- Sailors once thought wearing gold earrings improved eyesight.
- Miami installed the first ATM for inline skaters.
- The expression to 'knuckle down' originated from playing marbles (players used to put their knuckles to the ground for their best shots).
- The equals sign (=) was invented in 1557 by a Welsh mathematician named Robert Recorde.
- The longest word that can be typed using only our right hand is 'lollipop'.
- Coca Cola was founded by Joseph A Biedenharn.
- 8% of people have an extra rib.
- A woodpeckers tongue can wrap around its head twice.
- Tiger shark embryos begin attacking each other in their mother's womb before they are even born.
- The Colgate toothpaste company started out making starch, soap, and candles.
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