History

History did you know

• Did you knowShakespeare invented the words 'assassination' and 'bump'
• Did you knowthere is no proof as to who built the Taj Mahal
• Did you knowthat in the 17th century the value of pi was known to 35 decimal places (today to 1.2411 trillion)
• Did you knowit took Leonardo Da Vinci 10 years to paint Mona Lisa
• Did you knowthe atomic symbol for iron is Fe (the original name for iron was Ferric)
• Did you knowthe ancient Greeks first grew carrots as a form of medicine and not a food
• Did you knoworiginally in 1886 Coca Cola was introduced as an 'intellectual beverage' to boost brain power
• Did you knowthe first place in the world to allow women to vote New Zealand
• Did you knowthe first parachute jump from plane was in 1918 over France
• Did you knowthe first US coast to coast aeroplane flight occurred in 1911 and took 49 days
• Did you knowbefore 1863 the postal service in the US was free
• Did you knowthe first taxi service began in New York in 1907
• Did you knowPez was invented in 1927
• Did you knowthe first toothbrush was invented in 1498
• Did you knowbefore 1850 golf balls were made of leather and were stuffed with feathers
• Did you knowSuperman dates back to June 1938 (he first appeared in Action Comics No. 1)
• Did you knowthe Colgate toothpaste company started out making starch, soap, and candles
• Did you knowmost dinosaurs lived to be more than 100 years old
• Did you knowthe first city to mint its own gold coins was Florence, Italy in 1252
• Did you knowwomen were not allowed to vote in France until 1944