Some Interesting Facts!!!

1. Charles Macintosh invented the waterproof coat, the Mackintosh, in 1823.

2. The paperclip was invented by Norwegian Johann Vaaler.

3. Music was sent down a telephone line for the first time in 1876, the year the phone was invented.

4. Joseph Niepce developed the world's first photographic image in 1827.

5. The videophone was invented by Bell Laboratories in 1927.

6. The can opener was invented 48 years after cans were introduced.

7. Traffic lights were used before the advent of the motorcar.

8. The first electronic mail, or "email", was sent in 1972 by Ray Tomlinson. It was also his idea to use the @ sign to separate the name of the user from the name of the computer.

Facts about flags

# June, 14th is Flag Day.
# The ball on top of a flagpole is called the truck.
# The Swiss flag is square.
# The United Nations flag is the only flag that may fly above an USA flag on an American
flagpole.
# Libya's flag is the only flag which is all one color (green) with no writing or decoration on
it.
# The only place where a flag flies all day, never goes up or comes down, never flies half-mast
and does not get saluted, is the moon.
# Betsy Ross sewed the first American flag (she also run a munitions factory in her basement).
# The flag of the Philippines is the only national flag that is flown differently during times
of peace or war.
# The Nepalese flag has the most unique shape.