Did You Know?

 Did you know that Switzerland is the only country that has a square flag. If you look at the picture above, you'll see that their flag is square, whereas the traditional flag is a rectangle. Wow, I sounded like a tour guide or something. 

 Did you know that this lady is the reason Granny Smith apples are called Granny Smith? Her name was Maria Ann "Granny" Smith. She was an British-Australian orchardist who found a Granny Smith seedling growing in her backyard. After this, the apples kept growing and growing and then Granny Smith apples were birthed :)

  Did you know that you have that military and David Rich to thank for McDonald's drive thrus? The reason is that the military soldiers were not allowed to be out in public while wearing their uniforms so they couldn't go inside the restaurant to get their food, but David Rich came up with an idea. He decided to cut a whole in the wall and provide the food to the soldiers in that way. Also if you were wondering, this all happened in 1975 at Sierra Vista, Arizona. 

  Did you know that Nike used to be called Blue Ribbon Sports? The name lasted from 1964 to 1978. The shoe that is on the bottom, is what the shoes looked like when the company was still called Blue Ribbon Sports. The shoe that is on the top is what you know of as Nike.

  Did you know that Snickers is not the original name of Snickers. The original name is called Marathon. This name stayed until July 19, 1990. Afterword, they changed it to Snickers. 

 Another fun fact about me! Did you know that I love going to art museums. Yesterday, I went to the Ringling museum and saw a bunch of cool artwork by the artist Kiyoshi Saito. This one was my favorite. This picture is from the series called Cats. Kiyoshi made it from carving wood to form different patterns. That's how these kitties were born. :) When I first saw this piece, it made me feel happy because I love cats and I thought that these cats were adorable. Especially the one with the big eyes. I also liked the animation of the cats as well. He did a good job at making them look like they are playing around together.

  Ever wonder why hamburgers are called hamburgers? Well I'm about to tell you. Did you know that hamburgers are called hamburgers because they came from Hamburg, Germany. It didn't look like how it does now. The sailors that sailed between NYC and Germany used to eat Hamburg steak, which was hard slabs of minced beef.

As many people know, the Blue whale is the largest animal known to have ever existed. So because of this size, blue whales have really large and heavy tongues. The average tongue is the same weight as an elephant.

  Did you know that the countries Romania and Chad have pretty much the same flags. As you can see from the picture above, the only difference is the shade of blue. If you look closely, Chad's blue is is just a lil bit darker than Romania's. Apparently, Romania had their flag 100 years before Chad copied it.