##EMBED## Click Here to Read Where the Dollar Sign Comes From Text Version The name ‘dollar’ derived from the word ‘thaler’ which is an abbreviation for the word “Joachimsthaler”, a coin type from the city of Joachimsthal (Jáchymov) in Bohemia, where some of the first such coins were minted in 1516.
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##EMBED## Click Here for Sources and to Learn More Interesting Earthworm Facts Text Version Even though earthworms need to breathe, they have no lungs. They acquire oxygen through their skin. This is why earthworms surface after heavy rains, despite the fact that it is extremely hazardous for them to do so. If they don’t surface, they will suffocate and die […]
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##EMBED## Click Here to Read More Interesting Coffee Related Facts Text Version George Washington invented instant coffee… No, not that George Washington, but rather an English chemist, George Constant Washington.
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##EMBED## Click Here for More Interesting Twinkie Facts Text Version Of the 39 ingredients that make up a Twinkie, only one of them is strictly a preservative or rather its only purpose in being included is because it’s a preservative. Some of the other chemicals have preserving side effects, but their use is primarily as substitutes for the dairy ingredients. […]
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##EMBED## Click Here for Sources and More Interesting Simpson’s Facts Text Version Matt Groening, the creator of The Simpsons, named many of the characters after his own family such as: Homer (his dad), Margaret (his mom), Maggie and Lisa (his sisters), and Abe (his grandfather). His brother Mark was the inspiration for Bart. He chose to name the character “Bart”, […]
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##EMBED## Click Here for Sources and to Learn What Causes the Northern and Southern Lights Text Version In Roman mythology, Aurora was the goddess of the dawn, which is how the first part of the name “aurora borealis” came about. The “borealis” comes from the Greek name for the north wind, Boreas.
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##EMBED## Click Here for Sources and for Interesting Facts About the Radioactive Banana and Brazil Nut Text Version Despite the name, the primary exporter of “Brazil” “nuts” is Bolivia, who account for about 50% of Brazil nuts exported world-wide. They are also not nuts, but rather seeds. So the whole name is a lie.
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##EMBED## Click Here to Learn More about the Word “Desert” Text Version The word ‘desert’, as in “to get what is coming to you”, has been used in English since around the 13th century. This word, however, has fallen out of common usage and now, outside of the idiom “just desert”, is almost never used.
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##EMBED## Click Here to Learn Why Poop is Brown Text Version In India, rather than use toilet paper, it is typical to simply use your left hand. If you think that is bad, in Ancient Rome, a wet sponge on a stick was used. That sounds all well and fine until you find out that that after being used, the […]
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##EMBED## Click Here To Learn More Interesting Coffee Facts Text Version The most expensive coffee is coffee where the berries go through the digestive tract of the Kopi Luwak (a small cat-sized Indonesian animal). The “beans” are then harvested from the animal’s waste, cleaned, roasted, and sold. This coffee costs $100 to $600 per pound. Just like when you buy […]
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##EMBED## Click Here to Learn More Bread Related Facts Text Version Before the 19th century, all yeast leavened bread was a type of sourdough bread as they didn’t understand that it wasn’t the yeast itself giving the bread the sour taste. With advancements in microscopes though, they discovered this fact and were able to produce strains of yeast packaged and […]
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