Did you know...
1. Babies that are exposed to cats and dogs in their first year of life have a lower chance of developing allergies when they grow older.
2. Barbie's boyfriend Ken was not sold in India until recently because it clashed with the traditional arranged marriage.
3. The first man to distill bourbon whiskey in the United States was a Baptist preacher, in 1789.
4. The U.S. army packs Tabasco pepper sauce in every ration kit that they give to soldiers.
5. Tiger Woods' real first name is Eldrick. His father gave him the nickname "Tiger" in honour of a South Vietnamese soldier his father had fought alongside with during the Vietnam War.
6. The board game Scrabble was originally called "Criss Cross Words" by inventor Alfred Butts.
7. It is said that during his lifetime, artist Vincent Van Gogh only sold one of his paintings (The Red Vineyard).
8. Because of its size, the Pentagon operates much like a small city; it has it's own shopping mall, bank, power plant, water and sewage facilities, fire station, police force, fast food restaurants and a "mayor".
9. William Howard Taft is the only man ever to be President AND Chief Justice. The US Supreme Court appointment came second and was a job Taft enjoyed much more than the presidency.
10. The word "laser" stands for "Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission by radiation."
11. The first prototype of the sound-proof phone booth was built in 1877. Mr. Watson, Alexander Graham Bell's trusty assistant, used a bunch of bed blankets around a box. He created the booth to prevent his landlady from listening in on his conversations.
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