1.our modern interprtritation of santa claus ......with a red outfit.....and white beard .....is due to coca -cola ads......that began in 1931.......coca-cola.com.........
2.The whitehouse in washington ......has 132 rooms .......including 35 bathrooms.......
3.It takes 537 gallons of paint to paint the exterior of the white house .......
4.the teddy bear is named after theodore rosevelt .......after he refused he refused to shoot a captured black bear .....on a hunt .......a stuffed animal maker decided to create a bear ...and name the bear after him ........
5.The lincoln logs .....were created by john loyd wright ............son of famous architect frank.......in the 1920's....they were named after abraham lincoln .........who grew up in a log cabin .......
6.Play-doh started out as a wallpaper cleaner .......before the head of the struggling company .......realized the non-toxi company .......made a good modelling clay for children......and re branded it ........
7.in the 1940's a retired schoolteacher....came up with the candyland to entertain children who were hospitalized .......because its colour system required no reading .......young kids could easily play .......
8.people started wearing pyjamas orgiinally spelled pyjamas....instead of nightgowns .......so they would be prepared to run outside in public in air raids .......in england ........
9.at medevial times ....dinner attractions .....you ate with your hand ......people did not use utensils in the middle ages .......
10. free lancers were originally self employed swordsman mercenaries .....literally .......free lancers'...........
also here are some random pics i took also ....enjoy or not .......
These random pics were took at south florida fair ....2024........
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