Holidays & Celebrations

The first TV commercial aired during a baseball game on July 1, 1941. It lasted just 10 seconds and cost the company under $10.

The first video game console played in space was Nintendo’s Game Boy. It was brought up there in 1993 by a Russian cosmonaut.

The world’s tallest freestanding sandcastle was built in Germany in 2019. At 58 feet tall, it stood about four stories high!

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

Richard Nixon was the first US President to ever celebrate Earth Day in 1971. He died 23 years later on Earth Day.

Did you know that the style of grilled cheese that we know and love today was only popularized in the 1920s?

Did you know that confessing a crime can only be used as evidence if the confession is made voluntarily?

Did you know that in Mexico, the first slice of your birthday cake must be given to the person you love the most?

Did you know that milk is rich in calcium, protein, and vitamin B, which is great for reducing tiredness & fatigue?

A Columbian New Year's Eve tradition is to run around with empty suitcases, to fill the coming year with travel and adventure.

On December 25, 336, over three hundred years since Jesus' death, the earliest Christmas celebration was recorded.

There's a five-gift rule to filling Christmas stockings; these five gifts should be: a need, a want, to read, to wear, and to do.

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