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by Florence Shea

(El Cid statue in Burgos Spain)

The game of Roulette was created by French mathematician Blaise Pascal

while doing experiments into perpetual motion

The emergency aircraft safety device, the ejector seat, was first used in 1945.

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January 14 1878 the telephone was first shown to Queen Victoria.

Kleenex tissues were originally to be used as gas mask filters[

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For every human in the world there are more than one million ants

After vanilla and chocolate, orange is considered the world’s most favorite flavor.

The coconut is the largest seed in the world.

11th century Spanish military leader Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar was better known as El Cid.

The very first television game show ever was Spelling Bee.

The definition of a Smelfie is to discreetly smelling one’s underarms for stank before venturing out into public areas as not offend others with foul body odor.

Sources: www.funfunnyfacts.comn;www.alltrivia.com ; www.triviacountry.com

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