· 412,097 men had breast reductions in 2001.

· The United Nations organization was founded in 1945.

· Maria Ann Smith introduced the Granny Smith apple in 1838.

· Tea is said to have been discovered in 2737 B.C. by a Chinese emperor when some tea leaves accidentally blew into a pot of boiling water.

· The tall chef's hat is called a toque.

· The term "soda water" was coined in 1798.

· Chocolate is the number one foodstuff flavor in the world, beating vanilla and banana by three to one.

· In 1894, Lord Kelvin predicted that radio had no future; he also predicted that heavier-than-air flying machines were impossible.

· Toward the end of the movie "Forrest Gump," Forrest narrates that his wife died on a Saturday. When he is at her grave in the next scene, the tombstone shows her passing on March 22, 1982, which was a Monday.

· Alexander Graham Bell never phoned his wife or mother because they were deaf.

· Half the world's population earns about 5 percent of the world's wealth.