Strange But True 
Q. Who dreamed up the word “twitter”?
A. This was many dreams ago, back 600 years to the time when Geoffrey Chaucer was the “father of English poetry.” He’s the one who introduced the verb, which means to “chirp continuously,” according to the Oxford English Dictionary. And that wasn’t all. “Along with ‘twitter,’ Chaucer coined [or first recorded] 2,000 other words, such as ‘Martian,’ ‘scissors,’ ‘delicacy’ and every toddler’s go-to: ‘poop,’” says Lucas Reilly in Mental Floss magazine.
Source: Bill Sones and Rich Sones, Ph.D.
Give Him Credit
In 2012, a Russian named Dmitry Argakov was sent a letter offering him a credit card, but he didn’t like the terms. So he altered the contract to include unlimited credit at 0 percent interest. The bank accepted but then tried to void his card. He sued the bank for not sticking to terms of the credit contract—and won.
Source: www.funfactz.com/business-facts
Here are some fun facts that sound like huge lies but are actually true:
• Hippo milk is pink.
• Carrots were originally purple.
• A strawberry isn’t a berry but a banana is.
• So are avocados and watermelon.
• Honey never spoils. You can eat 32,000-year-old honey.
Source: www.buzzfeed.com
What’s Weird?
Here are a few food-related Weird Confessions from Single Dad Laughing Dan Noah’s ongoing blog, asking, “What’s the weirdest thing you do that you never tell anyone else about?”
• I never leave any stray morsels of food in an opened can because I think it will feel left out and afraid by itself in the trash can.
• No matter what I’m eating, I always try to eat it with the smallest cutlery available. And I almost always lick the plate, even if I’m at a nice restaurant.
• I steal forks from everywhere I go. Dinner at friend’s homes, fancy lunch out, school cafeteria, nowhere is safe.
• If I eat a chip, and can’t wash my hands first, I eat around the area that my fingers have touched and throw away the tiny piece that’s left over.
• I still eat weird food combinations from my childhood. Baked potatoes and orange juice and graham crackers dipped in applesauce—never to be eaten separately. Ever.
