Ivory soap slogan "99-44/100% Pure" was cleverly invented by Harley Proctor who with the help of chemists determined that Ivory soap was only 56/100 pure. Proctor simply subtracted 56 from 100 and came up with "99-44/100% Pure".

The city of Nottingham in England was the first city to have Braille signs (signs for the blind) in its shopping malls for the blind.

A gallon of water weighs 8.34 pounds.

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