Did you know Tupperware was founded in 1946 in Leominster, Massachusetts, by chemist Earl Tupper ? (In 1938 he founded the Tupperware Plastics Company after working with polyethylene materials at DuPont. In 1946 he introduced his first airtight, bell-shaped plastic containers (such as the Wonderlier Bowl) to the general public. In 1951 Brownie Wise helped revolutionize the brand by popularizing the direct-sales "Tupperware party" model.)

Did you know the first book in the official For Dummies series was DOS For Dummies, written by Dan Gookin and published in November 1991 by IDG Books ? (There are over 2,500 titles in the For Dummies book series, with the publisher having sold over 300 million books worldwide and adding roughly 200 new titles each year.)

Did you know Teflon was accidentally discovered on April 6, 1938, by chemist Dr. Roy J. Plunkett at DuPont's Jackson Laboratory in New Jersey ? (Plunkett and his assistant, Jack Reebok, were working on new chlorofluorocarbon refrigerants when a pressurized cylinder of tetrafluoroethylene gas mysteriously stopped flowing. When they sawed the cylinder open, they found the interior coated with a slippery, waxy white powder—polytetrafluoroethylene. During World War II, the material saw its first major application in the Manhattan Project, used to coat valves and seals in pipes handling reactive uranium hexafluoride at the Oak Ridge enrichment plant. In 1954, French engineer Marc Grégoire applied the material to his wife's cooking pans, launching the brand Tefal, followed by Marion A. Trozzolo introducing the first U.S. non-stick pans ("The Happy Pan") in 1961.)

Did you know the scientific name for compulsive ice chewing is pagophagia ? (It is a specific type of pica, which is an eating disorder or behavior characterized by an intense craving for non-nutritive items (such as ice, dirt, paper, or clay). Pagophagia is frequently associated with iron deficiency anemia.)

Did you know the mnemonic verse "Thirty Days Hath September" was originally recorded around 1425 in Middle English manuscripts ?