A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Thus the saying, I will be there in a jiffy
Every 25 miles a car produces one pound of pollution.
Hydrogen is the most common atom in the universe
In Australia, a dust-devil is called a “willy-willy.”
It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960’s car did.
75% of all raisins eaten by people in the United States are eaten at breakfast
96% of candles that are purchased are by women.
Approximately 75% of human poop is made of water.
About two hundred years before the birth of Christ, the Druids used mistletoe to celebrate that winter was approaching.
China is the world’s oldest known continuous civilization
During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a simple glass of water
Hitler was voted Time Magazine’s man of the year in 1938
Crayola Crayons currently has over 120 different crayon colours.
Crayola is a French word that means “Oily chalk
Energy is being wasted if a toaster is left plugged in after use.
Frisbee got its name from William Russel Frisbee, who was a pie baker. He used to sell his pies in a thin tin pan, which had Frisbee written on it. When Walter Frederick Morrison thought of the idea of making saucer like disks to play catch, he visited the campus of Yale and noticed people there were using the pie pan to play catch so he therefore renamed his invention to Frisbee
Oral-B were the first toothbrushes to go to the moon when they were aboard the Apollo 11 mission
The second best selling game of all time is Jenga. Jenga is a Swahili word, meaning “to build.”
