Sunday 25 December 2011

10 Things you might know or maight not know

  1. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum
  2. No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half
  3. A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second
  4. The electric chair was invented by a dentist
  5. Windmills always turn counter-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland
  6. Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone
  7. Until 1796, there was a state in the United States called Franklin. Today it's known as Tennessee
  8. Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete
  9. The state of Florida is bigger than England
  10. The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9000 years old

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