Wrigley's was originally a soap company that gifted baking powder with their soap. The baking powder became more popular than the soap so they switched to selling baking powder with chewing gum as a gift. The gum became more popular than the baking powder so the company switched to selling gum! |
Indian mythology taught 1000 years ago to blow Shankh every morning during Pooja. The same philosophy is now being used medically for increasing lung capacity using a device called Spirometer! |
Researchers have found that African elephants self-medicate by chewing on the leaves of a specific tree to induce Labor. Kenyan women use the leaves of the same tree to brew tea for the same purpose! |
In 2016, Japan started giving its elderly citizens a discount on Ramen noodles if they gave up their driver's licence. |
The lowest form of accommodation in Victorian England was the access to bend over a rope for the night at the price of a penny. Usually used by drunken sailors who had spent all their money drinking. It's said to be the origin of the term 'Hangover'! |
Hangry which is a combination of hungry and angry is an actual word. |
Scientists finally concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg because the protein which makes egg shells is only produced by hens! |
The Japanese police have paintballs to shoot at fleeing vehicles so as to identify them easily. |
Cataglottism: Kissing with tongue. |
Ever noticed - The Roman Numeral for forty (40) is XL. |