Oreos are actually a knock-off of a cookie brand called Hydrox that was created 4 years before the Oreo. People soon assumed Hydrox was the knock-off as Oreos became immensely popular and Hydrox started going out of business. Source: http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB120069573721101481
Funny Facts
Fact #593
Serena Williams says that “I don’t love tennis today, but I’m here, and I can’t live without it … so I’m still here and I don’t want to go anywhere any time soon.” She doesn’t like working out and doing physical exercise. Source: http://espn.go.com/tennis/story/_/id/7419435/serena-williams-love-tennis-live-says
Fact #580
Microsoft originally created the game solitaire so people would learn how to drag and drop.
Source: http://unrealfacts.com/microsoft-included-solitaire-windows-users-learn-drag-drop/
Fact #578
The Lamborghini Countach got it’s name from a word which translates to “Holy Shit”.
Source: http://nancyfriedman.typepad.com/away_with_words/2012/03/how-the-countach-got-its-name.html
Fact #568
The smallest turtle ever hatched at Pacific Northwest turtle works weighing in at 1.22 grams.
Fact #556
On the day of his assassination, Martin Luther King Jr. had a pillow-fight in his motel room.
Source: http://old.seattletimes.com/special/mlk/perspectives/reflections/pillow.html
Fact #552
An artist created a portrait using 20,000 teabags over two months. What’s incredible is that the colour variations were achieved by brewing the tea for different time lengths.
Source: http://www.youtube.com/ohiseered
Fact #542
In Scotland, if someone knocks on your door and requires the use of your toilet, you must let them enter
Source: http://nigeriavillagesquare.com/forum/main- square/38791-worlds-craziest-stupidest-dumbest-laws.html
Fact #534
It is illegal to take mineral water into Nigeria.
Source: https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/nigeria/local-laws-and-customs
Fact #526
Lee Hadwin is a nurse by profession, but in his dreams he is an artist. Literally. He “sleepdraws” gorgeous portraits, of which he has no recollection afterwards.
Source: http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/20-amazing-facts-about-dreams-that- you-might-not-know-about.html
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