Encyclopedia of Trivia

In Old English, a mousetrap was called a 'mowsfalle' or 'mousefall.' The classic spring-loaded mousetrap was first patent...

The first ball-based computer mouse was developed by German company Telefunken for their TR 86 process computer system. The device was nam...

HISTORY  Among the various cures the Ancient Egyptians had for toothache was splitting open the body of a live mouse, then laying it, s...

The Ancient Chinese only wore white clothes and hats when they mourned for the dead. The custom of wearing unadorned black clothing fo...

The sport of mountaineering originated on June 26, 1492 when an expedition set out to climb Mont Aiguille, in the Vercors near Grenoble, le...

"Mountain Dew" was originally a slang word for moonshine or homemade whisky. The original formula for the carbonated soft drink...

DEFINITION  There is no generally accepted definition for how tall a hill has to be to be called a mountain. Some regions say 1,000ft, o...