Aaron Lao

The earliest dictionaries were written on tablets around 2300 BC. They were bilingual dictionaries written in Sumerian-Akkadian.

Before the 1900s, the majority of acoustic guitar strings were made of goat, sheep, or cattle intestines.

There's a soccer competition called RoboCup Soccer, where the teams are made up of robots instead of humans.

Puma and Adidas's founders are brothers. They started a shoe company called Gebrüder Dassler before building their own brands.

Seven students once released 72,000 ladybugs into a Maryland school before classes as a prank. They were all caught and punished.

The world record for the fastest-ever school bus was set at an incredible 367mph! How? It was powered by a GE J-79 jet engine!

In the Pokémon anime, Ash's Squirtle was originally the leader of a mischievous group of Squirtles called the Squirtle Squad.

Bali's New Year is celebrated in silence. No one is allowed outside for the full 24 hours, and noise must be kept to a minimum.

In 1938, Franz Geiter invented sunscreen after getting terribly sunburned while hiking in the Swiss Alps.

If your milk goes bad, don't throw it out! Instead, water your plants with it - it's high in calcium, a key nutrient for plants.

Did you know that only certain types of glass can be recycled? While glass bottles and jars are fine, mirrors are not!

Did you know that when 7-Eleven first introduced the Slurpee in 1966, it initially offered only two flavors: Coca-Cola and Cherry?

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