Food fast facts 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 [...]
Animal fast facts Is a world population of 6 billion too many? Compare that with animals. There are more than a million animal species. There are 6,000 species of reptiles, 73,000 kinds of spiders, and 3,000 types of lice. For each person there is about 200 million insects. The 4,600 kinds of mammals represent a [...]
General Facts The first electronic mail, or “email”, was sent in 1972 by Ray Tomlinson. It was also his idea to use the @ sign to separate the name of the user from the name of the computer. Queen Elizabeth of Britain sent her first email in 1976. Some 190 billion emails are sent daily [...]
Burj Dubai : the tallest building and tallest man-made structure The Burj Dubai, a skyscraper being constructed in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is currently the tallest building in the world. Construction began on the multi-use tower in 2004 and was scheduled to be complete in September 2009. The multi-use tower will feature an Armani luxury hotel, [...]
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