Fascinating Facts and Trivia

There are currently over 100 million Game Boys in the world, both the original and the colour variant. 32 million of them are in Japan, with 44 million in the US.

60% of all Americans aged six or older play computer or video games. The average age of a gamer is 28.

Abraham Lincoln grew his famous beard after an 11 year old girl wrote him a letter suggesting it would help him get elected as president.

The White House was originally grey.

On average 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.

The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.

The dot over the letter i is called a tittle.

The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.

(20-12-2018 14:19 )Carl_HoneyLover Wrote:  The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.

Self adhesive nowadays here but I tend not to lick envelopes now and use some water to seal it due to whatever it is they use.

For each minute of the day, 1 billion tonnes of rain falls on the Earth.