Geese were the first birds domesticated by man.
Every queen by the name of Jane was killed, gone mad or sentenced to death.
During the Secession war troops would return to their cartels with a big sign that read “0 Killed”. From that, the phrase O.K. derived from.
First western product sold in the Soviet Union was "Pepsi Cola".
The hippo can run faster than a man.
The first sewing machine was invented by a British inventor Thomas Saint in 1790 and it was used for sewing leather.