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  • 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!Upload to Facebook
    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!Upload to Facebook
    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!Upload to Facebook
    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.Upload to Facebook
    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'!Upload to Facebook
    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.Upload to Facebook
    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!Upload to Facebook
    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.Upload to Facebook
    The Japanese police have paintballs to shoot at fleeing vehicles so as to identify them easily.
  • Cataglottism: Kissing with tongue.Upload to Facebook
    Cataglottism: Kissing with tongue.
  • Ever noticed - The Roman Numeral for forty (40) is XL.Upload to Facebook
    Ever noticed - The Roman Numeral for forty (40) is XL.
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