1. China banned the pigtail in 1911 as it was seen as a symbol of feudalism.
2. Sliced bread was patented by a jeweler, Otto Rohwedder, in 1928. He had been working on it for 16 years, having started in 1912.
3. Pogonophobia is the fear of beards.
4. In 1647 the English Parliament abolished Christmas.
5. The magic word “Abracadabra” was originally intended for the specific purpose of curing hay fever.
6. In the 1970′s, the Rhode Island Legislature in the US entertained a proposal that there be a $2 tax on every act of sexual intercourse in the State.
7. In parts of Malaya, the women keep harems of men.
8. During the reign of Elizabeth I, there was a tax put on men’s beards.
9. Iceland is the world’s oldest functioning democracy.
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On 15 April 1912 the SS Titanic sunk on her maiden voyage and over 1,500 people died. Fourteen years earlier a novel was published by Morgan Robertson which seemed to foretell the disaster. The book described a ship the same size as the Titanic which crashes into an iceberg on its maiden voyage on a misty April night. The name of Robertson’s fictional ship was the Titan.
