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Maps sometimes have fake places to prevent plagiarism.
Plagiarism can be hard to avoid for mapmakers. After all, what should they do? Invent new places? You’d be surprised to know some mapmakers do just that. Cartographers can add wrong streets, fake towns, or other landmarks to prove whether a competitor mapmaker is copying their work.
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The remote control was invented earlier than the television.
30 years before the first digital television, Nikola Tesla invented a “teleautomaton” that could control certain devices at a distance through radio waves. His first remote-controlled device was a remote-contolled boat in 1898. Since then, people adapted the wired remote for television. However, due to injuries, they developed it further to be a wireless remote.
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Pencils are yellow because of Chinese royalty.
In the 1800s, the best graphite in the world came from China. The Americans wanted to give a tribute to the Chinese for the graphite used in their pencils. Yellow means royalty and respect in China, which is why the Americans manufactured their pencils in yellow. To this day, the default color for pencils is still yellow.
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Non-dairy creamer is highly flammable.
Non-dairy creamer powder contains highly flammable ingredients such as sodium aluminosilicate.
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The first webcam was invented to monitor a coffee pot.
In 1993, researchers at Cambridge’s computer science department got tired of walking up to an empty coffee machine. So, they wired up a system that would stream images to the Trojan Room that housed the coffee pot.
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'Grace' is the most popular boat name.
Other choices? Feelin Nauti, Aquaholic, Therapy, and Seas The Day.
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Have a GREAT birthday!!!!
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Pennsylvania is misspelled on the Liberty Bell.
On the Liberty Bell, Pennsylvania is misspelled as “Pensylvania.” However, it was an accepted spelling at that time.
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Have a GREAT birthday!!!!
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Facts
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In Vermont, there is one cow for every 3.8 people.
You may have read that the cow to person ratio in Vermont is 10:1, but it’s actually not true.