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Who invented the zipper?
We encounter them everyday. They are on our jeans, dresses, bags, throw pillow covers, even on the tents we used for weekend camping! Who should we thank for this ubiquitous and very useful invention?
Whitcomb L. Judson, who was a U.S.-born inventor, started a series of experiments. He came up with the clasp-locker, a product that was very much like the modern-day zipper. He was granted a patent for that on November 7, 1891. Years after that, Gideon Sundback had invented the ‘Hookless Fastener No. 2,’ which was a version with the very same concept as the zipper of today.
Yes, it’s true. These fearsome creatures don’t even bother to chew their prey. They eat them whole! However, they don’t swallow their food because don’t have table manners but because their jaws aren’t designed to move sideways and can’t grind food down in a traditional chewing motion like what we humans do.
More mangoes are eaten fresh than any other fruit in the world making it the most popular fruit on earth. The Himalayas are the origin of the mango trees, but because of the freezing temperature, their fruits are small, bitter and unsuitable to eat.
Though there was no exact date as to when the first wine was made, a Persian poet and astronomer named Omar ‘Khayyam (A.D. 1050-1122) claimed that wine was discovered by accident. According to his story, the first wine was drunk by a member of the Persian king’s harem.
The stonefish, which lives off the coast of Australia, is 
