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William Hill Brown is generally believed to have written the first American novel, "The Power of Sympathy," published in Boston in 1791, which relates a tragic love story.

  Oct 1, 2019   800

The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

  Sep 30, 2019   579

The Catholic Church once exhumed the rotting corpse of a deceased Pope and put him on trial.

  Sep 25, 2019   283

The idea of contact lenses was first introduced by Leonardo da Vinci in 1508.

  Sep 23, 2019   613

The Beatles showed their support for the US civil rights movement by refusing to play in concerts where audiences were segregated.

  Sep 19, 2019   305

Cleopatra lived closer in time to the Moon landing than to the construction of the building of the Great Pyramid.

  Sep 19, 2019   429

The first rugby club was formed in 1843

  Sep 9, 2019   176

In 1889, the Queen of Italy, Margherita Savoy, ordered the first pizza delivery.

  Jul 12, 2019   665

Marcellus Gilmore Edson originally invented peanut butter to be marketed as product for people who had no teeth and could not chew on solid food.

  Jul 11, 2019   527

At weddings, the bride normally stands to the left of the groom so that his sword hand is free to defend against other suitors.

  Jun 26, 2019   204

Commonly mistaken as an ancient Greek tradition, the Olympics torch relay was actually a Nazi idea.

  May 7, 2019   162

Bubble wrap was originally designed to be used as a textured wallpaper.

  Apr 18, 2019   325

The Olympic flag has a white background, with five interlaced rings in the centre: blue, yellow, black, green and red. This design is symbolic; it represents the five continents of the world, united by Olympism, while the six colours are those that appear on all the national flags of the world at the present time.

  Apr 16, 2019   866

Fredric Baur invented the Pringles can. When he passed away in 2008, his ashes were buried in one.

  Mar 14, 2019   1182

The song Jingle Bells was originally written for Thanksgiving.

  Oct 26, 2018   457

The Eiffel Tower was originally intended for Barcelona, Spain, but the project was rejected.

  Oct 26, 2018   541

The first webcam was created in Cambridge University to check on the coffee levels of a coffee pot.

  Oct 26, 2018   469

During the 18th century, you could pay your admission ticket to the zoo in London by bringing a cat or a dog to feed the lions.

  Oct 26, 2018   561

The Statue of Liberty was originally intended for Egypt.

  Oct 26, 2018   387

From 1814 to 1830, the flag of the Kingdom of France was plain white.

  Oct 26, 2018   711

In the late 1600s, London was plagued by an attacker, called 'Whipping Tom', who would spank his victims with a rod and shout 'Spanko!' before running away.

  Oct 26, 2018   582

Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire.

  Oct 15, 2018   696

Part of the White House was built by slaves.

  Sep 28, 2018   705

Adolf Fick, the inventor of contact lenses got the idea from popcorn kernels stuck in his teeth.

  Sep 27, 2018   215

Vincent Van Gogh's last words were, 'La tristesse durera toujours', which means, 'The sadness will last forever'.

  Sep 27, 2018   443

During World War II, prisoners in Canadian war camps were treated so well, many of them didn't want to leave when the war ended.

  Sep 27, 2018   238

Plastic bottles were first used for soft drinks in 1970.

  Jun 19, 2018   695

The revolving door was invented in 1888.

  Jun 19, 2018   429

The Chinese used fingerprints as a method of identification as far back as AD 700.

  Jun 19, 2018   474

The first metered taxi was introduced in 1907.

  Jun 19, 2018   942

France was still executing people by guillotine when the first Star Wars movie came out.

  Jun 14, 2018   1167

Bob Marley was buried with a stalk of marijuana, his red Gibson Les Paul guitar, and a Bible.

  Jun 14, 2018   1918

April 11, 1954 was dubbed the most boring day in history – nothing of any importance happened on that day.

  Jun 13, 2018   1013

According to Herodotus, the Lydians were the first people to introduce the use of gold and silver coins. It is thought by modern scholars that these first stamped coins were minted around 650–600 BC.

  Jun 11, 2018   891

According to legend, Ancient Rome was founded by the two brothers, and demi-gods, Romulus and Remus, on 21 April 753 BCE. The legend claims that, in an argument over who would rule the city (or, in another version, where the city would be located) Romulus killed Remus and named the city after himself.

  Jun 11, 2018   1151

The New York Yankees have won as many World Series as the next four closest teams combined.

  Jun 11, 2018   254

You have 0.5% chance of being related to Genghis Khan.

  Jun 10, 2018   733

The Soviet Union detonated its first atomic bomb on August 29, 1949, at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in Kazakhstan. The event ended America's monopoly on atomic weaponry and launched the Cold War.

  Jun 8, 2018   1255

A moon landing is the arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of the Moon. This includes both manned and unmanned (robotic) missions. The first human-made object to reach the surface of the Moon was the Soviet Union's Luna 2 mission, on 13 September 1959.

  May 29, 2018   317

The Sumerians, ( a civilization in ancient Mesopotamia) invented the wheel. The wheels were used to connect on chariots. It made it easier for them to get places faster.

  May 29, 2018   1095

Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans on the Moon, Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, on July 20, 1969, at 20:18 UTC. Armstrong became the first to step onto the lunar surface six hours later on July 21 at 02:56 UTC.

  May 28, 2018   593

The first US President to live in the White House was John Adams ( the second President of the USA). Adams and his family moved to the White House in 1800.

  May 28, 2018   1205

Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon, who led the first European expedition to Florida in 1513, named the state in tribute to Spain's Easter celebration known as “Pascua Florida,” or Feast of Flowers.

  May 24, 2018   1067

The first country to build drones was Israel, with Israel Aerospace Industries heading the charge in terms of export numbers.

  Jan 23, 2018   68

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