Fun Fact! The Oxford English Dictionary credits Charles Dickens for the first use of butter-fingers, crossfire, dustbin, fairy story, slow-coach and whoosh.
Apart from butter-fingers, crossfire, dustbin, fairy story, slow-coach and whoosh, Charles Dickens is also credited with coining the term "boredom" in the Oxford English Dictionary, which he used in his novel Bleak House (1852-3), but this has since been traced back even further, to 1830.
Related Facts
When you are chilly, shivering helps you lose weight.
Fun Fact! Sitting at your desk may be fatal.
Fun Fact! Tussle between Verizon and Apple
Fun Fact! Elizabeth I used to have a lead facial
Fun Fact! Hysteria was first attributable to women.
In Japan, Asakura murals are an example of well-organized chaos.
Fun Fact! Vodka originated in Poland
Did you Know? There is an annual coffee break festival
Fun Fact! We have same number of hair as Chimpanzee.
Fun Fact! We want to breach additional rules when one looks too stringent.
Communication with friends is good for men's health.
Fun Fact! There is a Museum of Haunted dolls
Fun Fact! Forgetting makes you intelligent.
Fun Fact! In few hours you can be convinced that you committed a crime that never took place.
Did you Know? Some people only dream in black and white.
Fun Fact! We don't predict our reactions for future events very well.
Fact! Colors can play trick on your mind.
Fun Fact! The first person convicted of speeding was driving at eight miles per hour.
Fun Fact! There is only one place that serves alcohol in Disneyland
The original New Year's eve novelty glasses came out in 1991.
Fun Fact! Cowboys Didn't Actually Wear Cowboy Hats
On a 3,500-year-old Babylonian tablet, the earliest "your mom" joke was uncovered.
People who appear younger than they are, Enjoy longer lives.
Fun Fact! Kissing is an exercise.
Fun Fact! Dresses were not originally a trend amongst women.