The hood ornament of a Rolls Royce is named ?The Spirit of Ecstasy."
Jimi Hendrix was a part of the 101st Airbourne Division in the Army and was honorably discharged after breaking his ankle on a parachute jump
The ancient Egyptians invented several forms of early deodorant, including cones made out of scented grease that were worn on top of the head. As the grease melted, it ran in cooling, fragrant trails down the person?s face and body.
In 1917, the Seattle Metropolitans hockey team became the first American team to win the Stanley Cup
Although the word ?earthling? today conjures visions of science-fiction stories, it is actually the Old English word for a farmer.
When table tennis was originally created in 1889, it was called gossima.
While in the lower 48 states federal highways are labeled with an ?I? (as in I-95, I-84), in Hawaii they are labeled with an ?H?.
The highest spot on earth is not Mt. Everest; if we define the ?highest spot? as that which is closest to the moon, stars, etc. Mt. Chimborazo in Ecuador is an incredible 1.5 miles higher due to the oblate spheroid shape of the earth.
Winston Churchill?s mother was an American born in New York.
Arthur Conan Doyle, who created the literary character Sherlock Holmes, helped popularize skiing in Switzerland.
In the classic movie-musical, The Wizard of Oz, the many-hued Horse of a Different Color that leads Dorothy and gang through the Emerald City wasn?t actually painted. Instead, animal rights activists advocated that the white horse be sponged with different flavors (and colors) of gelatin and then physically restrained from licking it off.