Walter Hunt patented the safety pin in 1849. He later sold the patent rights for only $400.

The sun is approximately 149 million kilometres from the earth.

When Coca-Cola began to be sold in China, they used characters that would sound like "Coca-Cola" when spoken. Unfortunately, what they turned out to mean was "Bite the wax tadpole". It did not sell well.

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