Body Shop Sells

The Body Shop, which sold its first product in 1976, now makes a sale every 0.4 seconds.

If a consumer suspects that the “100 percent wool fabric” actually contains cotton, there is a simple test that can be used to determine the truth. Fill a metal container with water, and for every pint of water, add a tablespoonful of lye. Boil the fabric for at least 15 minutes. The wool should dissolve completely. The cotton will be unaffected.

A group of seven rabbits eats about as much as a single sheep.

Before they were the Pirates, Pittsburgh’s baseball team was known as the Innocents because of its weak first season. In 1890, the team won only 23 games and lost the other 113.

Julia Grant was the first wife of an ex-president to write her own autobiography. But publishers weren’t impressed, and the book went unpublished until 1975.

Bakers have always known that whole grain loaves stay fresh longer than white bread.

Originally called New Amsterdam, today’s New York also took the name New Orange, starting in August 1673. But that name didn’t last long. In February 1674, the name was restored to New York.