TRIVIA BITS

 

• the corkscrew was invented in 1890
• the croissant was invented in Austria
• the D.C. in Washington D.C. stands for District of Columbia
• The Dead Sea is actually an inland lake
• the diameter of Earth is 12,756 km (7,926 miles)
• the diameter of Jupiter is 152,800km (88 700 miles)
• the diameter of the sun is 1,390,000km (865,000 miles)
• the dishwasher was invented in 1889
• the dollar values on the board game Monopoly have been the same since 1935
• the dollar was established as the official currency of the US in 1785