According to researchers, zebras are white with black stripes, and not the other way around. New York was once named New Amsterdam, as it was a Dutch colony, conquered by the English in 1664. It's new name was dedicated to the Duke of York, the future King James II.
Walt Disney still holds the record for most Academy Awards - 26 out of 59 nominations. Impossible to beat, all things considered.
The very first postal stamp was the Penny Black, launched in the UK on the 1st of May 1840 and being officially in use from May the 6th. With the profile of Queen Victoria and a cost of just one penny, it allowed you to send a letter anywhere in the kingdom, a decisive reform of the British postal service.
You need on average about seven minutes to fall asleep. Actually a person will spend about 25 years of his or her life sleeping.
Central Park was officially opened in 1876.
William Holden was the first ever actor to be paid the sum of one million dollars for a single role for the movie The Bridge Over River Kwai, winner of seven Academy Awards. None for Holden, though.
Mickey Mouse is famous in Italy as Topolino. Not only the character has another name, but there is also a popular and successful comics magazine with the same name, being published since the 1930s.
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