Further Exploration of the Factorium

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Classmate Facts # 124 - Chocolate Coffins?

1. In 1973, Swedish confectionary salesman, Roland Ohisson was buried in a coffin made entirely of chocolate.

2. The British Royal family changed their surname from Saxe-Coburg to Windsor, the name of their castle, in 1917.

3. Leonardo Da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other simultaneously.

4. The Colourless Cullinan, the biggest diamond ever found, weighed 620 grams (one and a quarter pound) uncut.

5. There are about one billion cattle in the world of which 250 million are in India.

6. Adult frogs are carnivorous and will eat just about anything smaller than themselves!

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