A pack of daily facts, as always, amusing fun and funny
December 26, 2007 on 8:12 pm | In Daily fun and amusing facts | 2 Comments- The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
- The first known American novelist to hand in a manuscript that was typed was Mark Twain. His typewriter was a Remington No.1, which was invented by Christopher Sholes and Carlos Glidden.
- The first jigsaw puzzle was created by map maker John Splisbury who mounted one of his maps on a sheet of hardwood. He proceeded to cut around the borders of each country use a fine saw.
- The first ice hotel was built in Swedish Lapland.
- The first human heart transplant happened on December 3, 1967. Unfortunately the patient only lived for eighteen days, succumbing in the end to pneumonia.
- The first hot air balloon flight traveled for 5.5 miles over Paris and lasted for 23 minutes.
- The first hair dryer was a vacuum cleaner that was used for drying hair.
- The first German car to be built solely outside of Germany is the BMW Z3.
- The first fruit eaten on the moon was a peach.
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December 25, 2007 on 10:18 am | In Daily fun and amusing facts | No Comments- The adult human body requires about 88 pounds of oxygen daily.
- McDonald restaurants serve food and drink to an amazing 43 million customers on a daily basis.
- In Australia, the average person uses 876 gallons of water daily. In Switzerland they use only 77 gallons of water per person daily.
- A small drip from a faucet can waste up to 50 gallons of water daily, which is enough water to run a dishwasher twice on a full cycle.
- Ironically, when doctors in Los Angeles, California went on strike in 1976, the daily number of deaths in the city dropped 18%.
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December 24, 2007 on 9:34 am | In Daily fun and amusing facts | No Comments- The first museum in Moscow that was set up in 1791 was the Natural History Laboratory at Moscow University. This later was changed to the Zoological Museum.
- The first modern toothbrush was invented in China. Its bristles came from hogs hair or the mane of a horse that were then put into ivory handles.
- The first lighthouse was in Alexandria in 290 B.C.
- The first lighthouse built in the USA was in Boston, MA in 1716.
- The first letter Vanna White ever turned on the game show Wheel of Fortune was the letter “T.”
- The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City.
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December 24, 2007 on 3:00 am | In Daily fun and amusing facts | 2 Comments- The first owner of the Marlboro Company, Wayne McLaren, died of lung cancer.
- The first open heart surgery was performed by Dr. Daniel Hall Williams in 1893.
- The first Olympic games only had one event - a foot race.
- The first music video ever played on MTV Europe was by Dire Straits, “Money For Nothing.”
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