The 3 Musketeers bar was originally split into three pieces with three different flavors: vanilla, chocolate and strawberry. When the other flavors became harder to come by during World War II, Mars decided to go all chocolate.
On Good Friday in 1930, the BBC reported, “There is no news.” Instead, they played piano music.
Johnny Cash’s “A Boy Named Sue” was penned by beloved children’s author Shel Silverstein.
Ben & Jerry learned how to make ice cream by taking a $5 correspondence course offered by Penn State. (They decided to split one course.)
When the mummy of Ramses II was sent to France in the mid-1970s, it was issued a passport. Ramses’ occupation? “King (deceased).”