Did you know?
Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 2:19 pm
The world's best known tune is 'Happy Birthday'.
The first crossword puzzle appeared in the New York World newspaper in 1913.
Did you know that China has the most TV sets, a staggering 394 million
Although the first jeans were made in 1874 in the US, the Celts and Persians wore a jean type trouser over 2,000 years ago.
The zip was invented in 1893, for fastening boots. In 1913 a new version was introduced as a clothes fasterner,replacing hooks, buttons and pins. However, the marvellous new invention wasn't called a zipper until 1923.
Yo-Yos were a craze in the 1920s and up to the present day for kiddies. The Philppine people once used them as weapons.
The first crossword puzzle appeared in the New York World newspaper in 1913.
Did you know that China has the most TV sets, a staggering 394 million
Although the first jeans were made in 1874 in the US, the Celts and Persians wore a jean type trouser over 2,000 years ago.
The zip was invented in 1893, for fastening boots. In 1913 a new version was introduced as a clothes fasterner,replacing hooks, buttons and pins. However, the marvellous new invention wasn't called a zipper until 1923.
Yo-Yos were a craze in the 1920s and up to the present day for kiddies. The Philppine people once used them as weapons.