Did you know?

• Before the invention of the apostrophe in 1873, common compound phrases such as didn't and weren't had to be spoken in full, which meant that every day had to include one extra hour to make up for all the time taken in conversations.
• If everyone in the world ate the same amount as the average Texan, by teatime we would have eaten the entire planet Earth and half of the moon.
• Cake was discovered accidentally in the middle ages by alchemists. The lead content was phased out over the centuries as the cost of the soft metal became prohibitive to bakers.
• Every day, approximately six million bits of string are mistakenly eaten as spaghetti. By one man.
• For each light bulb successfully manufactured, four thousand rejects have to be discarded in order to keep demand up.

Blogariddim 11 Crunk Genealogy mix from wayne&wax which is well worth reading.