About 20% of people who receive gift cards never use them.

Fruit Smack was the original name of Kool-Aid. Oh, no!

Bayshore Boulevard in Tampa, Florida, has the world’s longest continuous sidewalk at 4.5 miles long.

Ben Franklin had only two years of formal education, which ended at the age of 10.

Wakka Wakka Wakka…The shape of a pizza pie with a slice missing was the inspiration behind Tohru Iwantani’s creation of Pac Man… wakka wakka wakka.

Prior to 1974 women could not get their own credit cards. the equal Credit Opportunity act passed that year prohibits creditors from discriminating based not only on sex or marital status, but also race, religion, color or age.

The name of craft company Crayola originated from French words craie meaning chalk, and ola (an abbreviation for oleaginous) meaning oily.

There is archeological evidence that bagpipes were invented in Egypt and not Scotland or Ireland.

To make the sound effects for the famously gory shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, a melon was stabbed repeatedly.

It is said that 19th century French writer Honoré de Balzac drank 50 cups of coffee per day to keep the creative juices flowing.

Despite their masculine scent pinecones are females and can be referred to as “she” or “her.”

There is an app for the Changing the Guard Ceremony at Buckingham Palace that has an interactive map and provides entertainment and things to do in the area while waiting for the next ceremony. Cheers!

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