Holidays & Celebrations - Page 6 of 18

Did you know that in Home Alone, 9-year-old Macaulay Culkin's stunts were performed by a 30-year-old man?

The first Cyber Monday occurred on November 28, 2005, but only in the US. Canada followed a few years later, starting in 2008.

On Black Friday in 2011, a woman used pepper spray on other shoppers at an LA Walmart to get herself a half-priced Xbox.

In 2009, K-Mart became the first store to start the trend of Gray Thursday by opening their stores on Thanksgiving Day.

Did you know that due to its increasing usage, the word “turducken” was officially added to the dictionary in 2014?

The first TV commercial aired during a baseball game on July 1, 1941. It lasted just 10 seconds and cost the company under $10.

The first video game console played in space was Nintendo’s Game Boy. It was brought up there in 1993 by a Russian cosmonaut.

The world’s tallest freestanding sandcastle was built in Germany in 2019. At 58 feet tall, it stood about four stories high!

Did you know that when 7-Eleven first introduced the Slurpee in 1966, it initially offered only two flavors: Coca-Cola and Cherry?

Richard Nixon was the first US President to ever celebrate Earth Day in 1971. He died 23 years later on Earth Day.

Did you know that the style of grilled cheese that we know and love today was only popularized in the 1920s?

Did you know that confessing a crime can only be used as evidence if the confession is made voluntarily?