History

Bizarre Fact #241:
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The first man to distill bourbon whiskey in the United States was a Baptist preacher, in 1789.

Bizarre Fact #242:
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The first paperback book was printed - by Penguin Publishing in 1935.

Bizarre Fact #243:
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The first telephone book ever issued contained only fifty names. It was published in New Haven, Connecticut, by the New Haven District Telephone Company in February, 1878.

Bizarre Fact #244:
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The first telephone exchange opened on January 28, 1878, in New Haven, Connecticut.

Bizarre Fact #245:
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The first time an enormous amount of clothing was needed all at once was during the Civil War, when the Union needed hundreds of thousands of uniforms for its troops. Out of this need came the ready-made clothing industry.

Bizarre Fact #246:
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The first United States coast to coast airplane flight occurred in 1911 and took 49 days.

Bizarre Fact #247:
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The first wooden shoe comes from the Netherlands. The Netherlands have many seas so people wanted a shoe that kept their feet dry while working outside. The shoes were called klompen and they had been cut of one single piece of wood. Today the klompen are the favorite souvenir for people who visit the Netherlands.

Bizarre Fact #248:
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The Fish Bowl was invented by Countess Dubarry, Mistress of King Louis XV (Born 1710 Died 1774)

Bizarre Fact #249:
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The German Kaiser Wilhelm II had a withered arm and often hid the fact by posing with his hand resting on a sword, or by holding gloves.

Bizarre Fact #250:
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The Korean War began on June 25, 1950.