Intresting Facts!! Must Read!!
The Rubik’s Cube was invented by a Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture by the name of Ernő Rubik, hence where the Cube got its name. It took him a full week to solve his original design. The fastest solving time today of the Rubik’s Cube was set by a man named Lucas Etter who solved the classic 3x3x3 Cube in 4.90 seconds! The fastest time recorded whilst being blindfolded was 21.05 seconds by Kaijun Lin of China.
California joined the United States with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican-American War, in 1848. The U.S. paid Mexico $15 million for war damages. In turn, Mexico ceded nearly half of its territory, including California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and parts of Colorado, Nevada, and Utah. California officially became a state in 1850.
Although ice cream has been around for over 5000 years, it’s barely been a hundred since we started using ice cream cones. These crispy wonders were invented around 1900 as ‘biscuit cups’ before taking over the world by storm!
After the loincloth, skirts are the oldest garment. Dresses and skirts are considered feminine clothing in the west, but in many parts of the world dress and skirt like garments are worn by both genders. Up until the 1910s it was common practice to dress little boys in frilly dresses. Some western designers will show male variations of the skirt until today.
The strict American Blue Laws prevented vendors from being able to sell ice cream sodas on Sundays – they invented the even more indulgent ice cream sundae to circumvent the rules! A traditional ice cream sundae is vanilla ice cream topped with syrup, whipped cream and a cherry.
The first clothing items made from the blue jean fabric were the blue jean overall. When Levi Strauss dropped the top part in his famous patent in 1873 the original name was “wait overall” until he renamed it to jeans. The name was derived from the Genova, Italy, where the first denim clothes were made. Levi Straus also created the first designer label in 1936.
Dreyer’s Ice Cream took a very unusual step to make sure their talented taste-tester was secured. They actually insured his tongue for $1 million! John Harrison must have had some pretty awesome tasting skills.
The official chances of winning the estimated $1.34 billion Powerball Jackpot that took place in early 2016 were about 1 in 292.2 million. Professional analysts insist that the higher the jackpot, the lower the win will really be. This is due to the fact that a higher jackpot amount increases the number of people purchasing tickets. The fact that there are therefore more tickets eligible to win means the odds of having multiple winners rises.
The world of ice cream manufacturing sounds VERY Willy Wonka! The taste-testers are provided with spoons made out of gold to rule out any aftertaste from cheaper metal. Sounds like a pretty awesome job!
Will Smith earned millions before his 20th birthday. Unfortunately, the rapper skipped paying $ 2.8 million in taxes. The IRS confiscated his property and sealed his house. Smith was 22 and practically broke, when NBC offered him the starring role in a TV-show. For the first three years of the sitcom, 70% of his salary went directly to the IRS.
It’s the inventive Ben & Jerry’s company that we have to thank for the first ever chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream. They invented it after reading an anonymous note on their flavor board. I bet that person wishes they left their name…
