Just The Facts Jack :)

• According to a survey of 1,000 new mums, five per cent of men faint in the delivery room.
  
  
  
• Blue eyed people are more tolerant of alcohol, but less tolerant of the sun.
  
  
  
• Experts say you can become addicted to being late. Despite the general public’s agreement that tardiness can read as rude or irresponsible, 1 in 5 people are late to work atleast once a week.
  
  
  
• If you are a little more on the short side than your brothers and sisters, then your older siblings could be to blame. A New Zealand study of 312 children found that first-born children tended to be taller than the second born, the second born taller than the third born, and…well, you get the idea.
  
  
  
• The origins of how, when, and where the modern hot dog was first created are often debated. Some historians say Frankfurt, Germany, and still others claim towns like Vienna, Austria or Coburn, Germany. Either way, in the United States, the story of the famous hot dog is a bit more straightforward. It might not surprise you to know that the first hot dog cart was opened in New York City, where the mobile fast-food establishments are still widely popular today. In 1867, Charles Feltman began serving the fast food on Coney Island.
  
  
  
• Pillows only became everyday household items during the Industrial Revolution of the 1800’s. They could be easily mass-produced by large textile factories and thus became affordable to the masses. 
  
  
  
• John Astin who played Gomez in the original TV series was often smoking cigars. He would put out lit cigars in the pocket of his coat so the coat had to be lined with asbestos to avoid starting a fire.
  
  
  
• Coca-Cola was originally marketed as a tonic for most common ailments, based on the fact that it contained cocaine from the coca leaf and caffeine-rich extracts of the kola nut. The cocaine was removed from Coca-Cola’s formula around 1903.
  
  
  
• The stereotype that the British drink a lot of tea is immediately confirmed with this fun fact. They drink around 100-160 million cups of tea daily, which is about 36 billion every year. The difference from most of the countries in the world is that almost all the tea drinkers in the UK (98%) add milk to their cup of tea.
  
  
  
• More than 20 years ago, when people were still visiting the local video store when they wanted to watch a new movie, Blockbuster — the reigning giant of video and DVD rentals — turned down a deal to buy Netflix. At the time, Netflix was just a small DVD rental company. And while business was picking up, the founders were still eager to sell.
  
  
  
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