In 1958, the United States Coast Guard off western Greenland measured the tallest known iceberg at five hundred and fifty feet.

Instead of a Birthday Cake, many Russian children are given a Birthday Pie.

The first TV commercial advertisement was by the Bulova Watch company on July 1, 1941. The watch company paid $9.00 for an announcement that was 10 seconds long.

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