A total of 5,011 people were killed in the terrorist attacks in India between 2002 and 2007
Proctor & Gamble originally manufactured candles before moving on to soap.
In the late 1920s-early 1930s, the United States had plans drawn up to invade Canada. The document was called "Joint Army and Navy Basic War Plan -- Red" and it was declassified in the mid 1970s.
On January 24, 1961: Two Mark 39, 3 megaton thermonuclear bombs were dropped on North Carolina.
The symbol of a baby to signify the New Year begun in Greece in 600BC.
The Nobel Peace prize was first awarded in 1901 to Jean Henry Dunant, who was the founder of the Swiss Red Cross.
S.O.S. doesn't stand for "Save Our Ship" or "Save Our Souls" -- It was just chosen by an 1908 international conference on Morse Code because the letters S and O were easy to remember and just about anyone could key it and read it, S = dot dot dot, O = dash dash dash.
It has been calculated that in the last 3,500 years, there have only been 230 years of peace throughout the civilized world.
The Associated Press introduced the first system for routinely transmitting "wire photos" in 1934.
The word denim comes from 'de Nimes', or from Nimes, a place in France.