Corrections:
The Bra was invented by a woman (not a man called Titzling)

Coca-Cola did not invent the red and white Santa Claus, nor do they own the copyright. They popularised that particular portrayal after comissioning the artist Haddon H. Sundblom to paint Santa for a Coke promotion.

"Chav" is believed to be from the mid-19th century Romany word chavi, meaning child.

[EDIT:] Thomas Crapper didn't invent the flush toilet, he only improved an earlier design. Fact: The toilets on the InterCity 125 still flush directly onto the railway track.

Facts:
Penguins are the only non-human creatures to engage in "prostitution". Female penguins will engage in sex with males which are not their partner in exchange for stones to build the nest.

A gorilla named Koko has been taught to "speak" using sign language, and a chimpanzee called Kanzi has been taught to "talk" using an electronic board with symbols on. When a symol is pressed it plays a recording of the word.
( Amos E Wolfe makes vinyl signs and things like that, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 22:48, Reply)