Here are some random facts for you.
1. A moon can have its own moon, called a “submoon,” a “moonlet” or a “moonmoon.”
2. The iron maiden, you know, that human-shaped iron cabinet with spikes inside . . . WASN’T an actual torture device in the Middle Ages. It was created in the late 1700s as a hoax, and the myth started spreading.
3. Croissants are originally from Austria, not France. They were created in the 13th century in Austria, and became crescent-shaped in the 1600s. The modern-day, French version didn’t come until the 1900s.
4. Fortune cookies are not served in China. They most likely originated from cookies made by Japanese immigrants to America in the early 20th century.
A while back, Jenny Lee, the author of a book called “The Fortune Cookie Chronicles”, said, “I actually brought a bunch of fortune cookies to China and gave them to Chinese people, who were very confused.”
5. Napoleon was just under 5-foot-7, which was ABOVE average height in France at the time.
(Wikipedia / All That’s Interesting / Wikipedia / Wikipedia / Britannica)
