(January 4, 2016)
- In the Victorian era, special teacups were produced to protect the mustache from being inadvertently dipped in tea.
- Hallmark now produces cards for those whom have been made redundant.
- On Venus, it snows metal.
- Dr Dre has made more money from the “Beats” headphones franchise than he made over his entire musical career.
- Cuba is the only Caribbean Island with a railway
- 19 of the 25 of the highest peak in the world are in the Himalayas
- 99% of Glaciers are in the Arctic and Antarctic
- The 7 largest country in the world take up half of the world’s surface
- There are 17 active volcanoes in Japan
- Several building in New York have their own zip code
- There are no rivers in Saudi Arabia
- Ethiopia has never been a European colony
- In 2006, over 2 billion people lived on less than $2 a day
- The country Brazil was named after the Brazil nut, and not the other way around
- Spain means “the land of rabbits”
- Rome was the first city to reach a million people
- The entire population of the Earth would fit in Texas
- Fredric Baur invented the Pringles can, and when he died in 2008, his ashes were buried in one
- Only female mosquitoes bite
- Captain Morgan rum was named after a Welsh pirate who later became the lieutenant governor of Jamaica
- The Vatican Bank is the world’s only bank that allows ATM users to perform their transactions in Latin
- Jacuzzi is a brand name, and the company also produces toilets and mattresses
- Failed PEZ flavors include coffee, eucalyptus, menthol, and flower
source: https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/trivia-day/
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