Amazing Facts - 33

1. On April 6, 1925, the first in-flight movie was shown. It was a silent film and appeared on a Deutsche Luft Hansa flight

2. The temperature of lightning bolts is sometimes hotter than the surface of the sun.

3. When Burger King introduced the Whopper Sandwich in 1957, it cost only thirty-seven cents

4. Chopsticks originated from China approximately 4,000 years ago

5. The favorite honeymoon place is Hawaii

6. The 1960 Summer Olympics were the first Olympics to be aired on television by CBS

7. The Canadian holiday Boxing Day got its name from the custom of giving. Servants were given boxes which had money hidden inside them from their employers. The servants would have to break the box into pieces to get the money

8. In proportion, if Jupiter were a basketball, then the sun would be the size of the Louisiana Super Dome

9. The Toronto Maple Leafs used to be called the Toronto Arenas, then the St. Patricks and finally the Maple Leafs

10. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge

11.Next to Warsaw, Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world

12. In 1391, China began producing toliet paper for use by its Emperors

13. In the United States, the most frequent month for a tornado to occur is in May.

14. There are some ice creams that are 75% air

15. In the United States, lightning hits the ground 40 million times a year.

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