-The Three Musketeers candy bar got its name because it originally had 3 different flavors of nougat (chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry), but during WWII it was cut down to just one flavor due to ration restrictions and food shortages.
-Switzerland bans the owning of just one guinea pig. Due to their highly social nature, it can be considered cruel to not give these animals a companion.
-The letter “j” is the newest letter in the English alphabet. In Latin, there is no “j”, only “i”. “J” was originally just a fancier way of writing “i”.
-The Eiffel Tower was originally supposed to be in Barcelona. But the Spanish city rejected Gustave Eiffel’s design for being too ugly, so he asked Paris to build it.
-The shortest commercial flight journey in the world is in Scotland, a 1.7 mile trip between the Westray and Papa Westray islands.
-There are only four words in the English language that end in “dous”: Hazardous, Tremendous, Horrendous, and Stupendous.
Cites
https://www.weareteachers.com/weird-fun-facts/
Elyse Prestopnik • Oct 4, 2023 at 8:57 am
I had no idea about the Three Musketeers! That’s so cool!