- The most popular item at Walmart is bananas. They sell more bananas than any other single item they have in stock.
- Canadians eat more macaroni and cheese than any other nation in the world.
- A dolphin’s blowhole is an evolved nose that has moved upward to the top of its head.
- The Barbie doll’s full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts, from Willows, Wisconsin. Her birthday is March 9, 1959, when she was first displayed at the New York Toy Fair. (barbiemedia.com)
- There actually aren’t “57 varieties” of Heinz ketchup, and never were. Company founder H.J. Heinz thought his product should have a number, and he liked 57. Hint: Hit the glass bottle on the “57,” not the bottom, to get the ketchup to flow. (heinz.com)
- Sliced bread was first manufactured by machine and sold in the 1920s by the Chillicothe Baking Company in Missouri. It was the greatest thing since…unsliced bread? (chllicothenews.com)
- Wombats are the only animal whose poop is cube-shaped. This is due to how its intestines form the feces. The animals then stack the cubes to mark their territory. (bbc.com)
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Mal
I thought the number in Heinz 57 was how many varieties of tomatoes went into the sauce, but I don't know why I think that.
ReplyDeleteThanks. Isn't it amazing what we 'assume' so often? [grins]
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