DID YOU KNOW

[Barbaro]

If you sleep in a cold room, you are more likely to have a bad dream.

[hazel]

If you sleep in a cold room, you are more likely to have a bad dream.

mao diay kay i-off man naku ang heater inig tulog naku.

[Happy]

If you sleep in a cold room, you are more likely to have a bad dream.

Sure ka Barbs, nindot nuon ang tulog nako

[Barbaro]

Did you know that the electric chair was invented by a dentist!

[svetlana]

Did you know that the electric chair was invented by a dentist!

really?! diin mani nimo napunitan mga butanga Lex? hehehe

[Barbaro]

Vatican City is the smallest country in the world with a population of 1,000 and a size of 108.7 acres.


source: weird facts

[Barbaro]

Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.  

[Happy]

Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.  

In short, to make us invisible from the mosquito

[Moyhua]

Did u know that my bestfriends here in Canada and in the Philippines..the 3 of us have same birthdays??? the one in Bohol is from Sevilla and my bestfriend here is from Cebu City...and the 3 of us are mga gwapa

[Barbaro]

yeahhhh.. nice..

Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.  

[Moyhua]

I know that from my food safe training

[Barbaro]

The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.  

[hazel]

Did u know that my bestfriends here in Canada and in the Philippines..the 3 of us have same birthdays??? the one in Bohol is from Sevilla and my bestfriend here is from Cebu City...and the 3 of us are mga gwapa

Really? One of a kind, Anj!

[Moyhua]

And we both start with an A.

[hazel]

And we both start with an A.

How about the other one?

[Moyhua]

Angie
Aster
Augustina

[Barbaro]

You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

[orChids]

Did u know that my bestfriends here in Canada and in the Philippines..the 3 of us have same birthdays??? the one in Bohol is from Sevilla and my bestfriend here is from Cebu City...and the 3 of us are mga gwapa

What a coincidence Anjie,I have friends in elementary school days that have January,February and March birthdays and our family names are ABC, Abellaneda,Blanco and Cao.

[hazel]

You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

matulog nalang ta ani permi.

[Kyle828]

You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

Wow! No wonder why my mom is always a sleeping beauty!

[Kyle828]

Did you know, that a dog's tongue is cleaner than a humans!!!-And they drink out of the toilet!!!

[Lorenzo]

imagine what humans do with their tongues tho,
Limitless

[Kyle828]

Did you know, that the tongue is the strongest muscle?!?

[Lorenzo]

Did you know that the visceri Appendix is an evolutionary unecessary organ?
The appendix, which is considered the 'grinder' of the digestive system, is responsible for breaking down hard normally 'undigestable' material such as roots, branches, bones, etc. This was an evolutionary run off when the human species weren't sedentiary farmers, and were still nomadic, living off not only dead animals, but raw and hard vegetation, even as coarse as bones.

As humans evolved into specific and complex civilizations, and developed agricultural tactics, 'soft' food was normalized, thereby negating the need to use the appendix, as nomdacism was nullified (for the most part of human species).

That is why, to this day, the veriform appendix no longer constitutes in importace; normally is removed vis a vis appendectomy.

One of the many hints that traces our evolutionary cycle. 

[hazel]

imagine what humans do with their tongues tho,
Limitless

[Kyle828]

Did you know...

If there is a strong enough magnetic field...
frogs could levitate!!!

[Scarb]

James Buchanan- was the U.S's only bachelor President

Born: 4/23/1791
Birthplace: Mercersburg, Pa.

James Buchanan was born near Mercersburg, Pa., on April 23, 1791. A Dickinson graduate and a lawyer, he entered Pennsylvania politics as a Federalist. With the disappearance of the Federalist Party, he became a Jacksonian Democrat. He served with ability in the House (1821â€"31), as minister to St. Petersburg (1832â€"33), and in the Senate (1834â€"45), and in 1845 became Polk's secretary of state. In 1853, Pierce appointed Buchanan minister to Britain, where he participated with other American diplomats in Europe in drafting the expansionist Ostend Manifesto.

He was elected president in 1856, defeating John C. Frémont, the Republican candidate, and former President Millard Fillmore of the American Party. The growing crisis over slavery presented Buchanan with problems he lacked the will to tackle. His appeasement of the South alienated the Stephen Douglas wing of the Democratic Party without reducing Southern militancy on slavery issues. While denying the right of secession, Buchanan also denied that the federal government could do anything about it. He supported the administration during the Civil War and died in Lancaster, Pa., on June 1, 1868.

The only president to remain a bachelor throughout his term, Buchanan used his charming niece, Harriet Lane, as White House hostess.

See also Encyclopedia: James Buchanan.

Died: 6/1/1868

[Moyhua]

Speaking og Bachelor...start na karong gabii...

Did u know that from every month na'ay mag birthday sa among family and some have same birthdays...including my brothers and sisters-in-law.

[Barbaro]

Wah! Is this true? The longest album title contains 90 words and, including spaces, 446 characters.

And here it is: the longest album title in the world.

When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King What He Knows Throws the Blows When He Goes to the Fight and He'll Win the Whole Thing 'Fore He Enters the Ring There's No Body to Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might So When You Go Solo, You Hold Your Own Hand and Remember That Depth Is the Greatest of Heights and If You Know Where You Stand, Then You Know Where to Land and If You Fall It Won't Matter, Cuz You'll Know That You're Right

[hazel]

Sus! title pa ba na? Kataas!

[st. agnes]

Wah! Is this true? The longest album title contains 90 words and, including spaces, 446 characters.

And here it is: the longest album title in the world.

When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King What He Knows Throws the Blows When He Goes to the Fight and He'll Win the Whole Thing 'Fore He Enters the Ring There's No Body to Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might So When You Go Solo, You Hold Your Own Hand and Remember That Depth Is the Greatest of Heights and If You Know Where You Stand, Then You Know Where to Land and If You Fall It Won't Matter, Cuz You'll Know That You're Right

whatdah!
pagka taas bah diay ana.

[Happy]

Dili naman na title oi, kung akoy publisher, dili nako na i publish kay perti taasa, usa na ka paragraph.

[svetlana]

Wah! Is this true? The longest album title contains 90 words and, including spaces, 446 characters.

And here it is: the longest album title in the world.

When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King What He Knows Throws the Blows When He Goes to the Fight and He'll Win the Whole Thing 'Fore He Enters the Ring There's No Body to Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might So When You Go Solo, You Hold Your Own Hand and Remember That Depth Is the Greatest of Heights and If You Know Where You Stand, Then You Know Where to Land and If You Fall It Won't Matter, Cuz You'll Know That You're Right

Murag novel naman ni oi! hahahaha syalan!

[Barbaro]

Did you know that it's physically impossible for you to lick your elbow? Try it.   

[Lorenzo]

Did you know that the acidity and pH level of the vagina is higher than that of the pH in any other region of the human body?

Its a pathogen-defense mechanism. During sexual intercourse over 60% of the sperm released in the female's vaginal canal is liquidated immediately due to the shear acidity levels of the environment. Those that are strong and able enough go on to find the non-fertilized egg, and only 1 out of billions is able to fertilize that one egg.

And as a result, you and I are concieved.

Just imagine, the amount of work it was required by our spermatic ancestors in order for us to be here

[smiffytheninja]

Did you know... that peeling an orange in your hotel room is banned in California. haha

[Lorenzo]

Really? Why?

Did you know that the human stem cell, if harvested properly, can cure and reverse carcinomic growth? Tested on white lab rats, proper fetal stem cell was able to completely reverse the ravages of testicular, pancreatic, breast, and brain cancer in white lab rats.

Amazing isn't it?

[Barbaro]

Did you know that an ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain!  

[kiamoy]

did you know that the longest name is Lily's name ... UH graduate.. member of the famous UH volleyball team,.the rainbow wahines.. she was a celebrity in hawaii.cause she was really good on court.. i was a fan of the 2002-2004 UH team.

Lily Kapi`olani malamalama `o Hawai`i nei. Ku`uipo `o keali`i inulama `o Kapa`akea, he makua `o Kawika. Kealoha pumehana `o Kaila a Momi a Konia. Lapa uila nui malamalama `o kou la hanau. `O `oe u`ilani ku`u lei, ku`u milimili e. Aloha no ko makou ia ka pua Lilia ke kuini lapa uila. Kahumoku.


It means: "The heavenly rainbow that shines over Hawai`i, who is the sweetheart of the chief who drinks the rum of Kapa`akea, the father of David Kalakaua. A warm love of her mother, Gayle, her grandmother, Pearl, and her grandmother, Connie. The great lightning bolt struck on your birthday. You are a heavenly beauty, my necklace that I like to hold and caress. We all love the lily flower, the queen of the lightning bolt."

[Lorenzo]

^ OT: Is Lily Hawaiian or some kind of Polynesian? What a beautiful name. Original.

[kiamoy]

american hawaiian genes.. lorenzo! were you able to keep track of their games? kase UH is the only school who airs their matches dba? i sweaR! they were really the best! there were a lot of Filipinos in the Uh team.. magagaling din!

[Lorenzo]

Yea in the beginning ra, Kiams.

Pero yea 'twas good. Guapa bitaw ni si Lily. Guapa just like her name.

[Barbaro]

Did you know that tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur!

[Barbaro]

The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.  

[Barbaro]

The sound heard by a listener when holding a seashell to his ear does NOT come from the shell itself. It is the echo of the blood pulsing in the listeners own ear.

[ms da binsi]

interesting!

Barbs naa baja ko book nga Did you know...from National Geographic Society... pero wa ko kita sa tiger...

interesting!

[kiamoy]

Did you know that tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur!

wow..

[Moyhua]

The sound heard by a listener when holding a seashell to his ear does NOT come from the shell itself. It is the echo of the blood pulsing in the listeners own ear.

Wow...hala noh!

[musiclover0526]

weightlifters  no pain no gain

marines        no guts no glory

security guard no i.d. no entry

pakisumpay ra gud ani kung unsa inyo nahibaw an about No.thanks.

no money ,no honey

[musiclover0526]

The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.  

kaya pala minsan ginagawang dextrose ang lubi....lolz

[musiclover0526]

You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

hayy naku..kaya pala d ako tumataba....ky halos 13 hrs ko matulog everyday...lolzz

[musiclover0526]

lima mi ka magsoon og iba iba among birthplace..sa jolo sulo,sa manila,sa cebu,sa zamboanga and bohol..lolzz..

pagkalaagan jud sa among inahan...hhahaha

[Moyhua]

did u know that....as of today parehas mi og giluto si dabinsi??? monggos with pork belly

[Barbaro]

Did you know that the giant squid has the largest eyes in the world!  

[Lorenzo]

Did you know that homo sapiens (humans) and drasophila (fruit flies) share a homolog of 75% genes? Meaning 75% of human DNA is similar to that of a fruit fly?

Proof of the evolutionary processes.

[Lorenzo]

Did you know that the veins of the body is sensitive to heat? If the temperature outside the body is hot, then the veins will vaso-dilate to allow dissipation of heat as well as allow the activation of the sweat glands to allow the entire organism to cool itself; there by maintaining internal homeostasis.

If the environmental temperature outside of the body is colder than the body, then the veins will adapt by making sure the veins will vasoconstrict in order to maintain the heat of the blood within the body and from escaping; thereby maintaining internal homeostasis; and thus securing organismal health.

[Lorenzo]

Did you know that time is arbitrary?

Under the International System of Units, the second is currently defined as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the caesium-133 atom. Time is completely arbitrary and does not exist.

[-<GEC348>-]

Did you know that time is arbitrary?

...Time is completely arbitrary and does not exist.

Did you know that when time does not exist that's already eternity?

[Lorenzo]

Did you know that when time does not exist that's already eternity?

Never thought about that before.

[Lorenzo]

Did you know that Human brains perceive time as linear, and space in three dimensions. But it’s a scientific fact that reality is far more complicated. Perhaps there are ten other dimensions. Gravity is a bending of space-time, whatever that means. How about the forward arrow of time? Is it a feature of reality, or just a point of view? How would a human brain sort out the difference? It’s like trying to fit the ocean in a teacup.

[Lorenzo]

Did you know that 2 is called the "oddest" Even Prime-number. 2 is a unique Even Prime because all Even-numbers are divisible by 2. But any number apart from 2 that is divisible by 2, is not a Prime.

[Lorenzo]

Did you know that there are more insects in a single square mile of fertile soil than there are people on the entire earth.

[insurectus]

Did you know that the most number of plants can be found in the oceans.
About 85% of plants on earth can be there.

[Lorenzo]

Did you know that over half of all the peoples in the world worship the same One God?

Christians, Jews, Muslims. All worship the same God. The God of Abraham/Ibrahim.

[kiamoy]

Did you know that Gabriel is the only name that is being used by the 3 major religions
Christians. Muslim and Jew

[Lorenzo]

The Messenger of God jud ni si St. Gabriel the Archangel.

The Name 'Gabri-El' means 'Power of God'.

Gabriel is the angel that delivered the message to the Prophet Daniel in the Old Testament

He is the one that delivered the message to Blessed Mother Mary of the coming of the Savior through her womb. He was also one of the Angels that came and talked to Abraham--about the incineration of Sodom and Gamorrah. Blessed Gabriel, one who stands before the Throne of God, was the one who warned Lot and his followers not to return else be turned to white salt if they looked at the ruins of Sodom and Gamorrah. Blessed Gabriel was also said to have been the angel that strengthened Christ Jesus during his hardest times in the garden.

Blessed St. Gabriel the Archangel himself said,
"I am Gabriel, who stand before God" (Luke 1:19)

[Lorenzo]

Did you Know

that the name MICHA-EL means 'WHO is like GOD?' in Hebrew.

Did you know

that in Daniel 10:13 sqq., Gabriel says to Daniel, when he asks God to permit the Jews to return to Jerusalem: "The Angel [D.V. prince] of the kingdom of the Persians resisted me . . . and, behold Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me . . . and none is my helper in all these things, but Michael your prince."

Angel Michael the Mighty Archangel is the Prince of the Heavenly Host and the one who defeated Satan; thrusting the fallen angel to the pits of Sheol and unto Earth.

Angel Michael was the one who shouted in Revelations 12:10 after he smote the Devil

"And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night."

[kiamoy]

Gabriel can also command..

[Lorenzo]

Bem, Gabriel is my confirmation name.

The name Gabri-El is very beautiful. Me-thinks.

[Lorenzo]

Did you know,

That the Universe is ever expanding?

[kiamoy]

Lors.. expanding? inosente jud ni nga question..

how did they know?!! or how did they find out?

[Lorenzo]

Its explained in physics, Bem.

For thousands of years, astronomers wrestled with basic questions about the size and age of the universe. Does the universe go on forever, or does it have an edge somewhere? Has it always existed, or did it come to being some time in the past? In 1929, Edwin Hubble, an astronomer at Caltech, made a critical discovery that soon led to scientific answers for these questions: he discovered that the universe is expanding.

The ancient Greeks recognized that it was difficult to imagine what an infinite universe might look like. But they also wondered that if the universe were finite, and you stuck out your hand at the edge, where would your hand go? The Greeks' two problems with the universe represented a paradox - the universe had to be either finite or infinite, and both alternatives presented problems.

After the rise of modern astronomy, another paradox began to puzzle astronomers. In the early 1800s, German astronomer Heinrich Olbers argued that the universe must be finite. If the Universe were infinite and contained stars throughout, Olbers said, then if you looked in any particular direction, your line-of-sight would eventually fall on the surface of a star. Although the apparent size of a star in the sky becomes smaller as the distance to the star increases, the brightness of this smaller surface remains a constant. Therefore, if the Universe were infinite, the whole surface of the night sky should be as bright as a star. Obviously, there are dark areas in the sky, so the universe must be finite.

But, when Isaac Newton discovered the law of gravity, he realized that gravity is always attractive. Every object in the universe attracts every other object. If the universe truly were finite, the attractive forces of all the objects in the universe should have caused the entire universe to collapse on itself. This clearly had not happened, and so astronomers were presented with a paradox.

When Einstein developed his theory of gravity in the General Theory of Relativity, he thought he ran into the same problem that Newton did: his equations said that the universe should be either expanding or collapsing, yet he assumed that the universe was static. His original solution contained a constant term, called the cosmological constant, which cancelled the effects of gravity on very large scales, and led to a static universe. After Hubble discovered that the universe was expanding, Einstein called the cosmological constant his "greatest blunder."

At around the same time, larger telescopes were being built that were able to accurately measure the spectra, or the intensity of light as a function of wavelength, of faint objects. Using these new data, astronomers tried to understand the plethora of faint, nebulous objects they were observing. Between 1912 and 1922, astronomer Vesto Slipher at the Lowell Observatory in Arizona discovered that the spectra of light from many of these objects was systematically shifted to longer wavelengths, or redshifted. A short time later, other astronomers showed that these nebulous objects were distant galaxies.

--

The equations of the expanding universe have three possible solutions, each of which predicts a different eventual fate for the universe as a whole. Which fate will ultimately befall the universe can be determined by measuring how fast the universe expands relative to how much matter the universe contains.

The three possible types of expanding universes are called open, flat, and closed universes. If the universe were open, it would expand forever. If the universe were flat, it would also expand forever, but the expansion rate would slow to zero after an infinite amount of time. If the universe were closed, it would eventually stop expanding and recollapse on itself, possibly leading to another big bang. In all three cases, the expansion slows, and the force that causes the slowing is gravity.

A simple analogy to understand these three types of universes is to consider a spaceship launched from the surface of the Earth. If the spaceship does not have enough speed to escape the Earth's gravity, it will eventually fall back to Earth. This is analogous with a closed universe that recollapses. If the spaceship is given enough speed so that it has just enough energy to escape, then at an infinite distance away from the Earth, it will come to a stop (this is the flat universe). And lastly, if the ship is launched with more than enough energy to escape, it will always have some speed, even when it is an infinite distance away (the open universe).


Read more about it:

http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr1/en/astro/universe/universe.asp

[Barbaro]

'Dreamt' is the only English word that ends in the letters 'mt'.

[-<GEC348>-]

'Dreamt' is the only English word that ends in the letters 'mt'.

How about contemt?

Oops contempt diay pag spell (hehehe)

[glacier_71]

The USA has invaded Canada twiceâ€"in 1775 and 1812â€"both times to no avail.

[Barbaro]

Di you know that all numbers from 1 up to 999
doesn’t have a letter “A” not until 1000
oy! nag ihap sya hehehe  

[janjan]

oy nag-ihap gud ko paniguro hahaha

[glacier_71]

Di you know that all numbers from 1 up to 999
doesn’t have a letter “A” not until 1000
oy! nag ihap sya hehehe  

sa amo, Barb, kay naa man "A" tanan. kay og mag-ihap mi, moingon man mi, "A-one", "A-two", "A-three"...

[janjan]

sa amo, Barb, kay naa man "A" tanan. kay og mag-ihap mi, moingon man mi, "A-one", "A-two", "A-three"...

atot ka glace oy

[glacier_71]

atot ka glace oy

[janjan]

hahahaha

[fdaray]

Did you know that 10101 can be divided by 3 ? Why?

[fdaray]

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[Lollapalooza]

Did you know that 10101 can be divided by 3 ? Why?

di ba ang 10101 kay equivalent to 21 in decimal

[fdaray]

Any number is divisile by 3 it the sum of the digits is divisible by .

Try:  1131,      10011,    1008,  4107,   81153,  these are all divisible by 3.

[Mulligan]

Ma divide man gyud pud ang 10,101   by 3,    Sir !  Hehe           

Did you know that 10101 can be divided by 3 ? Why?

[Lollapalooza]

ang 10101 d i mao ang binary sa 21

[fdaray]

Any number whose sum of its digits is divisible by 3, then that number can be divided by 3.

[fdaray]

Milk chocolate was invented by Daniel Peter, who sold the concept to his neighbour Henri Nestlé.

An ounce of chocolate contains about 20 mg of caffeine.

Forks, mostly being two-tined, used to known as "split spoons."

TIP is the acronym for "To Insure Promptness."

The world's oldest existing eateries are the Stiftskeller St. Peter in Salzburg, Austria - which was started as a monestary and had a tavern for travellers by 803 AD - and an eatery which opened in Kai-Feng, China in 1153.

Coffee is the seed of a cherry from the tree genus Coffea

Melba toast is named after Australian opera singer Dame Nellie Melba (1861-1931).

Three quarters of fish caught are eaten - the rest is used to make things such as glue, soap, margarine and fertilizer.

The world's most expensive jam (jelly) is Confiture de groselles. It is a redcurrant jam (jelly) from a 14th century recipe made in the tiny French town of Bar-Le-Duc.

In September 1999 Dustin Philips of the US set a Guinness World Record by drinking a 400 ml (14-oz) bottle of tomato sauce through a straw in 33 seconds.

To make one kilo of honey bees have to visit 4 million flowers, traveling a distance equal to 4 times around the earth.

Botanically speaking, the banana is a herb and the tomato is a fruit.

Bananas are the world's most popular fruit after tomatoes. In western countries, they could account for 3% of a grocer's total sales.

Bananas consistently are the number one compliant of grocery shoppers. Most people complain when bananas are overripe or even freckled. The fact is that spotted bananas are sweeter, with a sugar content of more than 20%, compared with 3% in a green banana.

Approximately 44 million tons of bananas are produced annually, compared to more than 60 million tomatoes. Apples are the third most popular (36 million tons), then oranges (34 million tons) and watermelons (22 million tons).

The scientific term for the common tomato is lycopersicon lycopersicum, which means "wolf peach."

There are more than 10,000 varieties of tomatoes.

The can opener was invented 48 years after cans were introduced.

Over the last 40 years food production actually increased faster than population.

The number of people who starved to death in the last 25 years of the 20th century is less than the number who starved to death in the last 25 years of the 19th century.

In the Middle Ages, sugar was a treasured luxury costing 9 times as much as milk.

Of the more than $50 billion worth of diet products sold every year, almost $20 billion are spent on imitation fats and sugar substitutes.

Over 90% of all fish caught are caught in the northern hemisphere.

In 1994, Chicago artist Dwight Kalb sent David Letterman a statue of Madonna, made of 180lb of ham.

Wine is sold in tinted bottles because wine spoils when exposed to light.

Approximately one billion snails are served in restaurants annually.

Vitamin A is known to prevent "night blindness," and carrots are loaded with Vitamin A. One carrot provides more than 200% of recommended daily intake of Vitamin A.

Carrots have zero fat content.

Maria Ann Smith introduced the Granny Smith apple in 1838.

Tea is said to have been discovered in 2737 BC by a Chinese emperor when some tea leaves accidentally blew into a pot of boiling water.

The first European to encounter tea was the Portuguese Jesuit Jasper de Cruz in 1560.

Ice tea was introduced in 1904 at the World's Fair in St. Louis.

The tea bag was introduced in 1908 by Thomas Sullivan of New York.

In the 1950's some 80% of chickens in Europe and the US were free-ranging. By 1980, it was only 1%. Today, about 13% of chickens in the West are free-ranging.

An onion, apple and potato all have the same taste. The differences in flavour are caused by their smell.

Americans eat twice as much meat as Europeans, gobbling up some 50kg (110 lb) per capita.

Meat production causes 1/5 of global greenhouse gasses.

The tall chef's hat is called a toque.

The term "soda water" was coined in 1798.

The soda fountain was patented by Samuel Fahnestock in 1819, with the first bottled soda water available in 1835.

The first ice-cream soda was sold in 1874 in the US.

The first cola-flavoured beverage was introduced in 1881.

Coca-Cola was invented in Atlanta, Georgia by Dr. John S. Pemberton in 1886.

Pepsi-Cola was invented by Caleb Bradham in 1890 as "Brad's Drink" as a digestive aid and energy booster. In was renamed as Pepsi-Cola in 1898.

In 1929, the Howdy Company introduced its "Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Sodas," which became 7 Up. 7 Up was invented by Charles Leiper Grigg.

The first diet soft drink, called the "No-Cal Beverage" was launched in 1952.

Aluminum cans were introduced in 1957 and two years later the first diet cola was sold.

The pull-ring tab was invented in 1962 and the re-sealable top in 1965.

Annually, France exports some 140 million bottles of champagne but keep 180 million bottles for local consumption.

Plastic bottles were first used for soft drinks in 1970.

The Polyethylene Terephthalate bottle was introduced in 1973.

The stay-on tab was invented in 1974.

China uses 45 billion chopsticks per year. 25 million trees are chopped down to make 'em sticks.

Chocolate is the number one foodstuff flavour in the world, beating vanilla and banana by 3-to-1.

Watermelons are 97% water, lettuce 97%, tomatoes 95%, carrots 90%, and bread 30%.