The modern bikini got its name from Bikini Atoll, the famous atomic bomb testing site.
FACT!!
The two French men who re-invented the famous suit in 1946 weren't exactly two-piece pioneers - the skimpy style dates back to ancient wall hangings!
Swiss troops accidentally invaded Liechtenstein in 2007
FACT!
The whole affair was an emberassing blunder for which the Swiss blushingly apologized. Liechtenstein, a country of about 34,000 citizens, didn't seem to be bothered by the strange ordeal.
Nicotine is named after a French diplomat
FACT!
Jaques Nicot helped encourage and popularize the cultivation of tobacco throughout France. Nicot was so proud of his accomplishment that he named the dangerous alkaloid compound within the tobacco after himself.
The chunk of vinyl that is pressed into a record is called a biscuit
FACT!
The puck-shaped plastic polymer is pressed, using over 100 tons of pressure, into a groove-filled vinyl record.
Kryptonite is not always green
FACT!
The famously green radioactive substance, capable of robbing Superman of his super powers, appeared in early versions of the comic book as red or even purple
Henry Ford invented the assembly line work approach in 1914
CRAP!
Ford made it famous, but the assembly line technique was started by Ransome Elie Olds, creator of the Curved Dash Oldsmobile, in 1901
'Neat', in bar lingo, refers to having the liquor served directly from the bottle
FACT!
The term is often confused as having the same meaning as 'straight up', which should be translated as chilled
FACT!!
The two French men who re-invented the famous suit in 1946 weren't exactly two-piece pioneers - the skimpy style dates back to ancient wall hangings!
Swiss troops accidentally invaded Liechtenstein in 2007
FACT!
The whole affair was an emberassing blunder for which the Swiss blushingly apologized. Liechtenstein, a country of about 34,000 citizens, didn't seem to be bothered by the strange ordeal.
Nicotine is named after a French diplomat
FACT!
Jaques Nicot helped encourage and popularize the cultivation of tobacco throughout France. Nicot was so proud of his accomplishment that he named the dangerous alkaloid compound within the tobacco after himself.
The chunk of vinyl that is pressed into a record is called a biscuit
FACT!
The puck-shaped plastic polymer is pressed, using over 100 tons of pressure, into a groove-filled vinyl record.
Kryptonite is not always green
FACT!
The famously green radioactive substance, capable of robbing Superman of his super powers, appeared in early versions of the comic book as red or even purple
Henry Ford invented the assembly line work approach in 1914
CRAP!
Ford made it famous, but the assembly line technique was started by Ransome Elie Olds, creator of the Curved Dash Oldsmobile, in 1901
'Neat', in bar lingo, refers to having the liquor served directly from the bottle
FACT!
The term is often confused as having the same meaning as 'straight up', which should be translated as chilled
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