Luke Ward, Author at The Fact Site

The Lego company was set up in Denmark of 1932, by Ole Kirk Christian and his son, wooden toys were sold.

Did you know that Allodoxaphobia is the name given to somebody who has an irrational fear of opinions?

Did you know that the Pokémon Slowpoke was originally going to be called Slowmo?

Self-rolling snow balls are also known as: snow bales, snow rollers and snow doughnuts.

The Keel is a heavily reinforced spine which runs along the bottom of the ship, through the center.

ThumbThing is a device that you clip over your thumb so you can read with just one hand.

A team of golden retrievers were trained to illustrate the structure of atoms - the particles that make up everything around you.

Snowflakes are also formed in the clouds, this happens when water droplets freeze and become ice particles.

The very first advent calendars were produced in the early 1800's in Germany although not the cardboard type we get these days.

The first Christmas card created had hand drawn images of adults and children raising their wine glasses in a toast.

AmEx was actually a shipping company for many years, providing their services to banks and other financial institutes.

Tinsel is usually flexible which makes it easy to wrap around anything such as posts, picture frames or ornaments.

Luke Ward