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621/ The country of Togo has
the lowest crime rate in the world, with an average of just
11 reported crimes annually for every 100,000 in the population.
622/ It is estimated that
the average person living in North America opens the fridge
22 times daily.
623/ Americans consume about
138 billion cups of coffee a year.
624/ An average toilet uses
5-7 gallons of water every time it is flushed. A single leaky
toilet can waste more than 50 gallons a day, amounting to
18,000 gallons a year.
625/ An experienced tunnel
worker in New York earns more than $100,000 a year.
626/ As of 1940, a total of
90 patents had been
taken out on shaving mugs.
627/ At the St. Louis World's
Fair in 1904, Richard Blechyden, an Englishman, had a tea
concession. On a very hot day, none of the fairgoers were
interested in drinking hot tea. Blechyden served the tea cold
- and invented iced tea.
628/ Barbie and Ken dolls
are named after Mattell founders Ruth and Elliot Handler's
son and daughter, Barbara and Ken.
629/ First sold in 1959, Barbie
wasn't given bendable legs until 1965.
630/ Bavarian immigrant Charles
August Fey invented the first three-reel automatic payout
slot machine, the liberty bell, in San Francisco in 1899.
631/ Camel's hair brushes
are not made of camel's hair. They were invented by a man
named Mr Camel.
632/ Carbonated beverages
became popular in 1832 after John Mathews invented an appartus
for charging water with carbon dioxide gas.
633/ Chester Greenwood from
the United States, was 15 years old in 1873 when he invented
earmuffs.
634/ Denver, Colorado lays
claim to the invention of the cheeseburger. The trademark
for the name "cheeseburger" was awarded in 1935
to Louis Ballast of the Humpty Dumpty Drive-In. Ballast claimed
to have come up with the idea while testing hamburger toppings.
635/ Designer Gabrielle "Coco"
Chanel introduced her first perfume on 1921. She gave it the
name "Chanel No. 5." According to Chanel she jumped
straight to number five because it was her lucky number. To
add luck to the fragrance, she introduced it on the fifth
day of May, the fifth month. Chanel No.5 became the world's
best selling perfume.
636/ Did you ever wonder what
the "WD" in "WD-40" stands for? Per the
company, the product's full name is "WD-40 Water Displacer".
637/ Dr John Gorrie of Appalachicola,
Florida, invented mechanical refrigeration in 1851. He patented
his device on May 6th, 1851. There is a statue which honours
this "Father of Modern Day Air Conditioning" in
the Statuary Hall of the Capital building in Washington, DC.
638/ Electrical hearing aids
were invented in 1901 by Miller R. Hutchinson.
639/ Eli Whitney made no money
from the cotton gin because he did not have a valid patent
for it.
640/ English philosopher and
scientist Roger Bacon introduced a gunpowder formula to Europe
in 1242.
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