Found some interesting snippets on the net...
- The first person to die in a road accident was Bridget Driscoll, knocked down by a car travelling at 12mph in London on 17 August 1896. The coroner recorded a verdict of accidental death, and warned:"This must never happen again."
- Remember how India had gone head over heels to put a computer in a Rajasthan village that Bill Clinton was gonna visit? Hear this...in his entire tenure as president of the US of A, Clinton sent just two emails!
- Till last year, chicken tikka masala was Britain's favourite dish!
- Guests at the Queen's coronation in 1953 pilfered toilet paper from Westminster Abbey. "It was found early on Coronation Day, that much of the lavatory paper had been removed, and in future it will be necessary to take steps to prevent this," official records reveal.
- In 1911, Pablo Picasso was one of the suspects arrested for the theft of the Mona Lisa.
- Yoda was based on Albert Einstein.
- The collective noun for rhinos is 'crash'. Apt, eh?
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