Further Exploration of the Factorium

Saturday, January 15, 2011

I Didn't Know Zat! # 2

As a measure to make the blog more attractive, I will make an attempt to add more visuals along with the dry facts! The "I Didn't Know Zat!" series will continue till April 1.

1. The Pope travels in his special aircraft, The "Shepherd One".


2. The Slogan of the infamous Ku Klux Klan is "America's Oldest Civil Rights Organization."


3. Tea parties weren't invented until the 1830s; which means the 1773 Boston Tea Party wasn't known by that name until more than 60 years after the event. At the time it was referred to as "the destruction of the tea".


4. There are only 180 geo-stationary spots available for satellites orbitting Earth.


5. The term "Middle East" was coined by Alfred Thayer Mahan, a US navy officer and geostrategist.


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