The first diamond engagement ring was presented in 1477 by Archduke Maximillian of Austria to Mary of Burgundy.
Neck ties were first worn in Croatia. That's why they were called cravats (CRO-vats).
Levi Strauss made the first pair of blue jeans in 1850. They were intended as work trousers for American miners looking for gold.
On Aug 6, 1945 the 1st Nuclear Bomb, Little Boy, was dropped on Hiroshima. It exploded with a blast equivalent to 12,000 tons of TNT, killing 80,000 people outright.
On Aug 9, 1945 the 2nd Nuclear Bomb, Fat Man, was exploded over Nagasaki with a force of 22,000 tons of TNT, killing 73,000 people outright.
Noon isn’t supposed to be 12 o’clock. Noon comes from the Latin word nona, which means the ninth hour after sunrise.
Bolivia holds the record for the country with the highest turnovers in governments. Since 1825, Bolivia has had almost 200 governments.
The largest bell on Earth is the Tsar Kolokol, in Moscow. It weighs 222 tons and has never been rung.
The first crossword puzzle appeared in 1913 in an American paper called "World." It was devised by its editor Arthur Wynne. It was of 32 words and diamond shaped. There were no black boxes in the puzzle.
Although the two-finger V for Victory sign is synonymous with Winston Churchill, it actually was the idea of a Belgian refugee in London, Victor De Laveleye.