China was the first country to introduce paper money (in 812), but it wasn't until 1661 that a bank (Banco-Sedlar of Sweden) issued banknotes.

Ice Cream Sundaes were created when it became illegal to sell ice cream with flavored soda on a Sunday in the Evanston, Illinois during the late 19th century. Some traders got round it by serving it with syrup instead, calling it an 'Ice Cream Sunday' and eventually replacing the final 'y' with an 'e' to avoid upsetting religious leaders.

The sense of touch: electrical impulses travel from the skin toward the spinal cord at a rate of up to 425 feet per second.

You blink every 2-10 seconds. As you focus on each word in this sentence, your eyes swing back and forth 100 times a second, and every second;the retina performs 10 billion computer-like calculations.

Each red blood cell lives an average of 4 months and travels between the lungs and other tissues 75,000 times before returning to the bone marrow to die.

An Englishman invented Scotland's national dress - the kilt. It was developed from the philamore - a massive piece of tartan worn with a belt and draped over the shoulder - by English industrialist Thomas Rawlinson who ran a foundry at Lochaber,Scotland in the early 1700s and thought a detachable garment would make life more comfortable for his workers.

Mail to the Havasupai Indian Reservation in northern Arizona is delivered by mule. It is the only U.S. Postal Service route of its type in existence today.

Glaciers store about 75% of the world's freshwater. In Washington
State alone,glaciers provide 470 billion gallons of water each summer.

While many people believe that a camel's humps are used for water
storage,they are actually made up of fat. The hump of a well-rested,well-fed camel can weigh up to eighty pounds.

Birds do not have sweat glands,so their bodies cannot cool down through perspiration. Their bodies cool by flight or,when at rest,panting.

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