Fourteen years before the Titanic sailed on an April day in 1912 on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York, a novel titled "Futility" was published about an unsinkable and glamorous Atlantic liner, the largest in the world. Like the Titanic, the fictional vessel was triple-screw and could make 24-25 knots; at 800 feet, it was a little shorter than the Titanic, but at 70,000 tons, its displacement was 4,000 tons greater. Like the Titanic's, its passenger list was the creme de la creme and there were not enough lifeboats on board. On a cold April night, the fictional "unsinkable" vessel strikes an iceberg and glides to the bottom of the Atlantic. The name of this liner, in the story by Morgan Robertson, was "The Titan."
It takes 100 avos to equal one pataca, which is Macao's basic unit of currency. According to one source, Macao is the only country that uses the pataca as its basic legal tender.
Frankfurt, Germany, spends more per year on the arts than any other city in Europe.
It takes 100 centimos to equal one bolivar, which is Venezuela's basic unit of currency. According to sources, Venezuela is the only country that uses the bolivar as its basic legal tender.
Franz Liszt was Richard Wagner's father-in-law. Atruro Toscanini was Vladimir Hhorowitz's father-in-law.
It takes 120 drops of water to fill a teaspoon.
From 1941 until 1950, violet was part of the color mixture for "M&M's" Plain Chocolate Candies. Violet was replaced by tan.
It takes a ton of ore to produce one gold wedding ring.
Gasoline has no specific freezing point – it freezes at any temperature between -180 and -240 degrees Fahrenheit. When gasoline freezes, it never solidifies totally, but resembles gum or wax.
It takes as much heat to turn one ounce of snow to water as it does to make an ounce of soup boil at room temperature
Gibbon spent 20 years writing The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Noah Webster spent 36 years writing his dictionary.
It takes the same amount of time to age a cigar as wine
Gift-giving etiquette is important when traveling in Japan. Don't use white paper when wrapping a gift because white is associated with death. Also, don't use brightly colored papers or bows. If you buy your gifts at a Japanese department store, they will automatically be wrapped. A wrapped gift is often carried inside a shopping bag to avoid being conspicuous and to downplay any hint that a gift is being given.
Gin and canasta are both descended from an ancient Chinese game, mah-jongg, which is more than a thousand years old.
Air pressure at sea level is roughly equal to the weight of an elephant spread over a small coffee table.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson wrote a 6,000-word epic poem when he was 12 years old
All education through the university level is free in Eastern Europe’s nation of Azerbaijan.
All pilots on international flights identify themselves in English, regardless of country of origin
All the proceeds earned from James M. Barrie's book "Peter Pan" were bequeathed to the Great Ormond Street Hospital for the Sick Children in London
Almost every weekday morning, Kleenexes are handed to the commuters in front of Japan's rail and bus stations for free. The tissues are distributed by workers of the companies whose messages and advertisement are printed on the packages. The reason for this.... most public bathrooms do not have paper towels or toilet paper!
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