By the end of the Civil War, between one-third and one-half of all U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit. This served as the catalyst behind the creation of the U.S. Secret Service. On July 5, 1865, the Secret Service was created under the U.S. Treasury Department. In less than a decade, counterfeiting was sharply reduced.
Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
Charles Lindbergh was not the first man to fly the Atlantic. He was the sixty-seventh. The first sixty-six made the crossing in dirigibles and twin-engine mail planes. Lindbergh was the first to make the dangerous flight alone.
Charles Lindbergh was not the first man to fly the Atlantic. He was the sixty-seventh. The first sixty-six made the crossing in dirigibles and twin-engine mail planes. Lindbergh was the first to make the dangerous flight alone.
Christendom did not begin to date its history from the birth of Christ until 500 years after his death. The system was introduced in 550 by Dionysius Exigus, a monk in Rome.
Crystals grow by reproducing themselves. The come the nearest to being "alive" of all members of the mineral kingdom.
DairyLand Farm World, near Newquay, Cornwall, England, created the concept of farm tourism diversification in 1975. Today it is considered one of the United Kingdom’s leading farm attractions with over a million visitors to date. DairyLand has many upbeat rural attractions, including 150 Friesian cows that are milked every day in its merry-go-round parlor, the first of its kind in the country. It’s the very heart of the farm and designed to allow visitors an unequalled view of modern milking as it actually happens. Visitors learn how cows produce milk and are allowed samples of some of their own Cornish dairy produce – clotted cream and real ice cream.
Diamonds are rare: an average of 350 tons of ore must be mined and processed to find an uncut diamond large enough to cut a single one-carat polished diamond. Of all the diamonds mined, only 20 percent are even suitable for jewelry.
Diamonds mined in Brazil are harder than those found in Africa.
Diamonds were first mined in India over 4,000 years ago.
The National Lighter Museum in Guthrie, Oklahoma has nearly 20,000 pieces, representing over 85,000 years of lighters and fire starters. The only museum of its kind in the world, it is dedicated to collecting and preserving the history of the evolution of lighters.
The Nike "swoosh" logo was designed by University of Oregon student Carolyn Davidson in 1964 — four years after business undergrad Phil Knight and track coach Bill Bowerman founded the company they originally called Blue Ribbon Sports. Ms. Davidson was paid $35 dollars for her design.
The Barbie doll got her first car in 1962. It was a coral colored Austin Healy manufactured by the Irwin Corporation for Mattel.
The Nobel Peace Prize medal depicts three naked men with their hands on each other's shoulders.
The Barbie® doll is 11 1/2 inches tall.
Most automobile trips in the United States are under 5 miles.
The Number 1 selling postcard at the Art Institute of Chicago is A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, by Georges Seurat.
Most lipsticks contain fish scales.
In a Czechoslovakian church there is a chandelier made of human bones. The ceiling is festooned with the remains of former worshipers.
The odds against hitting the jackpot on a slot machine are 889 to 1.
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