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| When airplanes were still a novel invention, seat belts for pilots were installed only after the consequence of their absence was observed to be fatal - several pilots fell to their deaths while flying upside down. |
| The first wooden shoe comes from the Netherlands. The Netherlands have many seas so people wanted a shoe that kept their feet dry while working outside. The shoes were called klompen and they had been cut of one single piece of wood. Today the klompen are the favorite souvenir for people who visit the Netherlands. |
| The first United States coast to coast airplane flight occurred in 1911 and took 49 days. |
| No automobile made after 1924 should be designated as antique. |
| The first dictionary of American English was published on April 14th, 1828, by Noah Webster. |
| Virginia O'Hanlon Douglas was the eight-year-old girl who, in 1897, asked the staff of The New York Sun whether Santa Claus existed. In the now-famous editorial, Francis Church assured Virginia that yes, indeed, "there is a Santa Claus." |
| The last words spoken from the moon were from Eugene Cernan, Commander of the Apollo 17 Mission on 11 December 1972. "As we leave the Moon at Taurus-Littrow, we leave as we came, and, God willing, we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind." |
| Henry Ford flatly stated that history is "bunk." |
| The first paperback book was printed - by Penguin Publishing in 1935. |
| In France - Captain Sarret made the first parachute jump from an airplane in 1918. |
| There is no time at the north/south pole as all time zones fall in to one place making it impossible to define the time !!! |
| The average raindrop falls at a rate of 22 mph. |
| There are between 50,000 - 60,000 spiders in the average suburban acre. |
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