Donald Duck, the cartoon character NEVER wore pants. But, whenever he got out of a shower he would always put a towel around his waist.
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There was only one code during World War II that was never broken by the enemy and was used by the US Army. Navajo soldiers, called Codetalkers, developed a radio code based on their native language. It was the only way US soldiers on the battlefield could be sure that messages were from there own side and not from Japanese imitators.
Vincent Van Gogh only sold 1 painting his whole life and that was to his brother!
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A Japanese explorer named Maomi Uemura was the first man to reach the North Pole alone, on April 29, 1978, after his eight-week journey.
In transistors, electrons perform an amazing magic act called quantum tunneling. They can move from one side of a thin metal plate to the other without going through the plate.
Steamboat Geyser, located in Yellowstone National Park, is the most powerful geyser in the world, and can shoot super-hot water 300 feet in the air.
When hydrogen is cooled to almost absolute zero (-460°F or -273°C), the lowest temperature possible, it becomes a liquid with surprising properties. It can flow against gravity and will start running up and over the lip of a glass container.
Mark Twain, one of America’s best-loved authors, dropped out of school when he was 12 years old, after his father died.
The ice cream cone was originally a way to hold flowers, not ice cream!
The first modern traffic light was put to use in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1914.
On April 2, 1872, Victoria Woodhull became the first woman candidate for the U.S. presidency.
Every year, plants make and store ten times the amount of energy that people use.
Babe Ruth kept a cabbage leaf under his cap to keep cool.
Over 160 billion pieces of mail are sent every year in the U.S.
Tomatoes are really fruits, not vegetables.
About 80% of the Earth’s animals are insects!
If someone tells you you smell like flowers, it may not be a compliment if they are refering to the rafflesia flower. This flower smells like rotten meat!
Glass is made of sand.
America’s first major highway was called the National Road, and was opened in 1814, connecting the city of Baltimore with the Ohio River.
Abraham Lincoln once invented a device for lifting riverboats over shallow water.
The Chinese first invented the system of zoos, and called them "Parks of Intelligence".
Cowboys used to bury their new hats in the ground to make them look old and more beat up, so they aren’t taken as "tenderfoots" when they have a new hat.
President Lyndon B. Johnson once had a barbecue on the White House Roof!
In the late 1800s, it was a custom for ruling men in China to allow one of their fingernails to grow to four or five inches long, as a symbol of wealth.
Three of America’s Founding Fathers, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe, died on the Fourth of July.
The most drought resistant tree is the baobab tree. It stores 35,900 gallons of water in its trunk for later use.
