The postage rate for a letter in 1693 was determined through how much light could pass through the letter. The postage rate would be more expensive if less light went through, and this process was called candling.

Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never telephoned his wife or mother because they were both deaf.

The Germans tried to copy Coca-Cola and came up with the drink Fanta.

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