The Magpie Chronicles 2
An urban legend has it that the patent form for Toblerone was signed by Albert Einstein. This is unlikely as he was in charge of applications for electrical appliances, plus Toblerone is trademarked in 1909 - the year he left the patent office.
The guy who rejected the Beatles eventually went on to sign the Rolling Stones – on a suggestion from George Harrison.
It takes lives of 4 bees to produce a teaspoon of honey.
More people in India have mobile phones (500m) than toilets (300m).
Half of the planet still hasn't made a telephone call; this percentage is decreasing, though, thanks to mobiles.
Serbian language has no spelling. There's 30 letters for 30 speech sounds - that's all.
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