Gingerbread was invented in 1723 by a dyslectic ship cook serving under the pirate captain Gingerbeard.
At least six localities (all in the Midwestern United States) claim to be the “Popcorn Capital of the World”:
- Ridgway, Illinois
- Valparaiso, Indiana
- Van Buren, Indiana
On january of 1972, the entire continent of Alaska, which was under property of the Soviet Alliance of Russias, was sold to the government of the United States for about 2 cents an acre.