23 “Believe It Or Not” Facts About Daily Things

18. Where does Coca-Cola get that brown coloring from?

Coca-Cola’s original formula used caramel to give it the brown coloring we know today. The ‘cola’ part of the name comes from kola nuts, also an ingredient in the original formula.

19. Everyone had a slinky when they were a kid. They happen to be exceptionally long when stretched out.

When a slinky is stretched completely flat, its length measures 87 feet.

20. You’ve used a keyboard thousands of times, but do you know what the bumps on the ‘f’ and ‘j’ keys are for?

In classic 10-finger typing, the bumps help direct your pointer fingers to the ‘home keys’. This allows you to find your hand’s positions on the keyboard without having to look.

21. Hold onto something because this next one is shocking. Think you know what a berry is?

This goes against everything you’ve ever known, but bananas, grapes, and oranges are actually berries.

22. Share this fun fact during your next dental checkup: cotton candy was invented by a dentist!

It was marketed as “fairy floss.” I wonder if they wanted more business or whether they regretted giving out cotton candy at the end of the day.

23. The invention of Bubble Wrap was a happy mistake.

The two men who invented it were originally trying to create textured wallpaper, but the machine they were using ended up producing the plastic sheets covered with air bubbles we all know and love today.