[People fact 1] A teenager named Peter Roberts invented a quick-release ratchet. He sold his patent to Sears for $10,000 who said that the invention was not worth very much. Sears then went on to make $44 million selling the ratchet. He sued them for fraud and was awarded just $1 million.
[People fact 2] Over 240 million calls are made to 911 in the U.S. each year.
[People fact 3] Author J.K. Rowling wrote the final chapter of the last Harry Potter book in 'something like 1990', seven years before the release of the first book.
[People fact 4] The word homophobia was originally used to refer to heterosexual men's fear that others might think they are gay
[People fact 5] It is a wedding custom for Turkish brides to spike the groom's coffee with salt before the wedding; if he drinks it without complaint, he's a keeper.
[People fact 6] Some Inuit groups used to ridicule in the form of song duels as a means of conflict resolution. Two men who had failed to resolve a conflict by other means would secretly compose derisive songs about their adversary. The whole camp gathered in a large igloo to observe the song duel.
[People fact 7] YouTube originally started as a dating service site; when the site didn’t work out, the idea to have women upload videos of themselves morphed into a site for free video-sharing.
[People fact 8] There was a form of Icelandic witchcraft involving "Necropants" where someone would flay the skin off the legs of a friend's corpse, steal a coin from a widow, and then wear the skin with the coin in the scrotum. The ritual was supposed to bring wealth.
[People fact 9] A man named Andy George spent $1,500 and 6 months making a single sandwich completely from scratch. He did absolutely everything from making his own cheese to harvesting his own wheat. He made his own salt and made his own oil. He grew sunflowers and collected their seeds to extract fat.
[People fact 10] The word "dude" was first used in the late 1800s as an insult towards young men who were overly concerned with keeping up with the latest fashions
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This people facts generator can generate some interesting people facts for free. These people facts can help you learn some new knowledge and know more about people.
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