1 | The inventor of the tricycle personally delivered two to Queen Victoria In 1881, Queen Victoria was touring the Isle of Wight when her horse and carriage could not keep up with a woman riding a tricycle. Intrigued by the bike, the Queen ordered two. She also asked inventor James Starley to come with
1 | The inventor of the microwave oven received only $2 for his discovery Percy Spencer was working as a researcher for the American Appliance Company (now Raytheon) when he noticed that a radar set using electromagnetic waves had melted a chocolate bar in his pocket. He had an idea to make a metal box
1 | The word “fizzle” started as a type of fart According to the English Oxford Dictionaries, in the 1400s it meant “break wind quietly”. 2 | No number up to 1000 contains the letter A But there are plenty of E’s, I’s, O’s, U’s, and Y’s. 3 | The symbol # is not officially
1 | Human beings can use only a small fraction of Earth’s water We were taught in school that most (in particular, 71 percent) of the planet’s surface is covered with water. While this is true, according to National Geographic, humans can only use 0.007 percent of this water. This is because only about 2.5%