12 Trivia Tidbits That Are Stuck in Your Shoe, But Your Friends Won’t Stop Walking

Bubble wrap was invented by accident while Al Fielding and Marc Chavannes were working on a textured wallpaper. Something bubble wrap wouldn’t be great for, outside of maybe a cut-rate asylum.

Ever wonder why Easter Island is called that, since none of those heads look anything like Jesus? It received the name Easter Island because the Dutch first landed there on the day of Easter.

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast was the first ever animated feature film to be nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards.

Was awarded in 1861, during the Civil War, to Bernard J. Irwin.

Though mostly now known for fictional murder, the Orient Express is a real train line that runs from Paris to Istanbul.

The pH scale, which indicates how acidic or basic a substance is, was invented by Soren Peter Lauritz Sorensen while experimenting with beer at Carlsberg's research lab.

Left unfairly ignored is Egypt’s first pyramid, the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara.

It’s hard not to think at least a little about pie when you know the Earth's outermost surface is called the crust. That triangular illustration that looks exactly like a piping hot slice doesn’t help either.

Given that they don’t generally have deadlines, ever wonder why plants produce caffeine? The answer is that it’s a very effective natural pesticide.

Because of the need for copper in World War II, in 1943, a run of silver steel pennies were produced by the U.S. Before you go breaking your piggy bank, no, they're not that valuable.

Though portrayals usually show him magicking them out of thin air, the mythology tells a different story. Zeus’ bolts, according to legend, were weapons individually smithed by the Cyclopes.

At one time, peaches were known as “Persian apples.” Were they native to Persia? No. Cultural accuracy just wasn’t a concern in the past.