In-Flight Movies

Fact- On April 6, 1925 Imperial Airlines became the first airline to feature in-flight movies. They played "The Lost Show"

Santa Claus

Fact- The illustrator that helped to popularize the modern image of Santa Claus, Haddon H. Sundblom, created the image for a Coca-Cola ad campaign in 1931.

Haddon H. Sundblom worked for several other well known companies, but he also created the image of the Quaker Man for the Quaker Oats Company. 

m&m

Fact- The first "M" was imprinted on the chocolate candies in 1950, 9 years after they were introduced to American GIs during WWII.

Elmo

Fact- Elmo, from Sesame Street, is the only non-human to have testified before Congress. He spoke on behalf of funding for music research and funding in education.

SSN

Fact- Social Security Numbers were introduced in 1936 as a part of The New Deal. 25 Million numbers were issued in just 3 months

Times Square Ball Drop

Fact- The first New Year's Eve ball to drop in Times Square was on December 31, 1907

Christmas

Fact- Animals are not mentioned as being present at the birth of Jesus in either biblical book recording the story. St. Francis of Assisi was the first to include animals in the traditional creche.

First Archives

fact- the Spanish were the first nation-state to create a national archives.

Rights

Fact- There were 14 original copies of the Bill of Rights made (one for each of the 13 original states and one for the Federal government). 5 states have lost their copies

Confetti is hard to Clean

Fact- The first person to have a ticker-tape parade was Commodore Dewey, who was a hero of the Spanish American War