Trivia and Amazing Facts 09-11-08

• The phrase "guinea pig" originated when a tax was imposed on powder for Whigs in England to help pay for the war with Napoleon. The list of those who had paid the guinea (one pound, one shilling) was posted on their parish church door. As they were the wealthy of the day, they became known as the guinea pigs.

• The nation of Chile's name is from an Indian word, Tchili, meaning "the deepest point of the earth".

• The name "Mary Jane" is not only used for little girls; it's also a kind of sugar candy and a style of shoe, as well as a nickname for marijuana.

• The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before.

• WHAT WAS THE FIRST SPACECRAFT TO LAND ON THE MOON? Luna 2, launched by the USSR on September 12, 1959, crash-landed between the craters Archimedes and Autolycus in the Mare Imbrium on September 14. A successful landing was made by Luna 9 on February 3, 1966.

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