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- Did you know the $ sign was introduced in 1788
- Did you know the term 'disc jockey' was first used in 1937
- Did you know the first train reached a top speed of only 8 kmh (5 mph)
- Did you know New York was once called New Amsterdam
- Did you know Hawaii officially became apart of the US in 1900
- Did you know New York's Central Park was opened in 1876
- Did you know the word old English word 'juke' meaning dancing lends its name to the juke box
- Did you know the first rugby club was formed in 1843
- Did you know the yo-yo was originally used as a weapon for hunting the in the Philippines
- Did you know draughts (checkers) is older than chess
- Did you know the first metered taxi was introduced in 1907
- Did you know the Chinese used fingerprints as a method of identification as far back as AD 700
- Did you know the revolving door was invented in 1888
- Did you know Sir Isaac Newton was 23 when he discovered the law of gravity
- Did you know the drinking straw was invented in 1886
- Did you know paper money was first used in China
- Did you know Scissors were most likely invented ancient Egypt
- Did you know all of the cobble stones used to line the streets in New York were originally stones found in the hulls of Belgian ships ballast
- Did you know Diet Coke was introduced in 1982
- Did you know Shakespeare invented the words 'assassination' and 'bump'