Landscape Laughs – Cool Facts

Landscape Laughs – Cool Facts

1. Blue jeans were invented by Levi Strauss, the person not the company, in the 1850’s.
2. Thomas Edison invented the talking doll in 1888
3. Camels chew in a figure 8 pattern
4. The first street lights in America were installed in Philadelphia around 1757
5. More people are killed each year by coconuts than sharks
6. The life boat was patented in 1845.
7. What is the difference between a wharf and a pier you ask? A pier runs perpendicular to the shoreline, while a wharf runs parallel to the shoreline
8. Australia is home to the koala bear, the platypus, and the kangaroo, but not one active volcano or glacier. It is the only continent that lacks either one.
9. The only two syllable word with no natural vowels is rhythm
10. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.