--The Can opener wasn't invented until 48 years after the can.
--In the Dark Ages it was thought that when you sneezed, a brief opportunity for 'devils' to enter your mouth was present, thus explains the origins of 'bless you'.
--The average age at which Americas Presidents have taken up office is 54.
--Uncle Sam was an actual man, Samuel Wilson, born in Massachusetts supplied meat to the Army and Troy residents associated the 'U.S' on the barrels of soldier rations with 'Uncle Sam' who they knew was feeding the army.
--English sailors came to be called Limeys after using lime juice to combat scurvy.
--The Ramses brand of condoms is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II, who fathered more than 160 children.
--The oldest known recording of Nessie was in the 7th Century by Monk Adamnan.
--The youngest Pope was 11 years old.
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