TRIVIA BITS

 

• the first Lifesaver flavour was peppermint
• the first metered taxi was introduced in 1907
• the first paperback book was printed by Penguin Publishing in 1935
• the first parachute jump from plane was in 1918 over France
• the first place in the world to allow women to vote New Zealand
• the first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum
• the first rugby club was formed in 1843
• the first sailing boats were built in Egypt
• the first taxi service began in New York in 1907
• the first toothbrush was invented in 1498
• the first train reached a top speed of only 8 kph (5 mph)