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The Middle Names of the Simpsons
##EMBED## Click Here for Sources and to Learn Other Interesting Simpsons’ Facts Text Version On the Simpsons, Marge’s middle name is Juliet; Bart’s middle name is Jo-Jo; and Lisa’s middle name is Marie
Read More »Where the Word “Loo” Came From
##EMBED## Click Here for Sources and to Learn Why the Toilet is Called a John Text Version The British word for the toilet, “loo”, derives from the French “guardez l’eau”, meaning “watch out for
Read More »7-11 Was the First Ever Convenience Store
##EMBED## Click Here for Sources and to Learn More Interesting 7-11 Facts Text Version 7-Eleven pioneered the convenience store concept way back in 1927 at the Southland Ice Company in Dallas, Texas. Joe C.
Read More »When the Best Time is to See Vividly Colored Fall Foliage
##EMBED## Click Here for Sources and to Learn Why Leaves Change Color in the Fall Text Version The most vivid colors on tree leaves can typically be observed after a succession of very warm
Read More »The Original Proposed Name of Star Wars: A New Hope
##EMBED## Click Here for Sources and to Learn More Interesting Star Wars Facts Text Version “Adventures of Luke Starkiller, As Taken From the Journal of the Whills, Saga 1: The Star Wars” was the
Read More »A Man Once Had the Hiccups for 68 Straight Years
##EMBED## Click Here for Sources and to Read More About Charles Osborne Text Version Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 68 Years, from 1922 to 1990. It’s estimated that he hiccuped over 430 million
Read More »Yoda’s Full Name
##EMBED## Click Here for Sources and to Learn Who Did the Voice of Yoda Text Version Yoda’s original name before being shortened to just “Yoda” was “Minch Yoda”. Lucas eventually decided to leave the
Read More »The Most Babies Born to One Woman
##EMBED## Click Here for Sources and to Learn More About This Woman Text Version The record for the most babies born to one woman is 69. While the woman’s name is not known, she
Read More »The First Time “Gay”, Meaning “Homosexual”, Was Used as Such in a Film
##EMBED## Click Here for Sources and to Learn How ‘Gay’ Came to Mean Homosexual Text Version Bringing Up Baby in 1938 was the first film to use the word gay to mean homosexual. Cary
Read More »Velociraptors Had Feathers
##EMBED## Click Here for Sources and More Interesting Velociraptor Facts Text Version It has long been suspected that Velociraptors had feathers, but the evidence proving this has only come very recently. That evidence came
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