Fascinating Facts and Trivia

The first European who learned to smoke from the natives was arrested back home because people thought he was possessed by the devil.

Smoking near Apple computers voids the warranty.

350,000 tweets are sent every minute.

‘Friendstalker’ was one of the early names considered for Twitter.

Every tweet Americans send is being archived by the Library of Congress.

The CIA reads up to 5 million tweets a day.

During the Vietnam War, American troops would eat small amounts of C4 plastic explosive to get high.

During the Vietnam War, the US military plied its servicemen with speed, steroids and painkillers to help them handle extended combat. From 1966 to 1969, they used 225 million tablets of stimulants.

18 people were rescued alive from the rubble of the World Trade Centre towers after 9/11.

‘Fat Man’ was the code name for the atomic bomb that was detonated over Nagasaki.