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Nostradamus predictions Predictions that missed the mark So, who invented the paperclip? World population growth and food for all Espresso has less caffeine than cup of coffee Only place a flag is not saluted Half world’s population seen at least one 007 movie The pigs of Wall Street First submarine designed in 1578 Products that took 100 years to get to marketplace Choosing a mate for life Who invented the light bulb? 5 billion crayons produced every year Guy on $10 bill shot by Vice President “Dollar” has origins in the Roman Empire Budweiser beer named after Czech town Paul Revere never completed journey Tower of Pisa has never been straight First credit card issued in 1951 Man ate whole aircraft Longest cruise liners in the world 365 different languages in Indonesia Human head contains 22 bones Westminster Abbey in London Major earthquakes every year Mathematical decimal system introduced in 4BC 70% of earth’s dryland affected by desertification World’s first video arcade game Sargasso Sea without coastline Ilyushin-76TD world’s largest waterbomber One of the Seven Wonders still survives The Third Millennium 1 hour 6 minutes per day spent on traveling Latest sightings of the Loch Ness monsters Size of the sun in comparison Bird that barks instead of sing World’s tallest buildings Eating with fork considered scandalous April Fool Origins of Easter and Easter bunny Nobody knows who invented spectacles (eyeglasses) History and origins of Christmas

Why is there no ham in a hamburger? Oscar Awards held twice in 1930 More movies produced in India than Hollywood Cows do not have upper front teeth 92 nuclear bombs lost at sea One in ten people lives on an island More than 20,000 brands of beer Valentine’s celebrated Feb 15th, not 14th Were Wright Brother the first to fly? Diamond breaks if hit with hammer Tomato world’s most popular fruit Hot affairs by Presidents Can opener invented 48 years late Traffic lights used before advent of motorcar Amazing swimming records Most babies born in this month You blink 15 000 times a day Peter the Great tax people with beards Gibraltar named after a former slave King of chefs and melba toast Mercedes cars named after Austrian girl British royal family change surname Bank of America started as Bank of Italy One billion bicycles Many kings were mad! Napoleon possibly died of poisoning The first stone lighthouse Nothing between 3 and 13 September Water everywhere but not much to drink Thanksgiving held twice in 1815 2 700 languages spoken in the world World’s largest flower Fresh egg will sink in water, stale one won’t Anders Celsius’s boiling water Products designed simultaneously Cause for Alzheimer’s Disease unknown Aspirin discovered during experimentation Emmy award first called “Immy” It once was law to say “God bless you” Dinosaurs did not eat grass World’s highest bridge First circumnavigation

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