Crazy Facts

The Baby Ruth candy bar was actually named after Grover Cleveland’s baby daughter, Ruth.

The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; “7” was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. “UP” indicated the direction of the bubbles.

The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war…

The earliest recorded case of a man giving up smoking was on April 5, 1679, when Johan Katsu, Sheriff of Turku, Finland, wrote in his…

The first drive-in service station in the United States was opened by Gulf Oil Company – on December 1, 1913, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The elephant is the only animal with 4 knees.

The first man made object sent into space was in 1957 when the Russian satellite named Sputnik was launched.

The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.

The fist product to have a bar code was Wrigleys gum.

The first person selected as the Time Magazine Man of the Year – Charles Lindbergh in 1927.