Coupons were introduced in 1894 when Asa Candler bought the Coca-Cola formula for $2,300 and gave people coupons that he had written out to receive a free glass of coke.

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

The first FAX machine was patented in 1843, 33 years before Alexander Graham Bell demonstrated the telephone.

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