When Swedish scientists and brothers Rickard and Björn Öste tried to sell oat milk to traditional milk makers, they were laughed out of the room. Now, the Oatly co-founders are having the last laugh, as oat milk has caught on at coffee shops and grocery stores all over the world.
100 Mind-Blowing Brothers Facts
The first person processed at Ellis Island was a 15-year-old girl from Ireland. On January 1, 1892, Annie Moore was the first passenger to disembark at Ellis Island on its opening day. She had travelled to the United States with her two younger brothers aboard the SS Nevada after departing from Queenstown, Ireland (now known as Cobh). Another amazing fact? The busiest day at Ellis Island was April 17, 1907.
Dodge made the first engines used by Ford. The Dodge Brothers Company built every part of the earliest Ford car except the seats and tyres.
The creators of Stranger Things wanted to direct the It remake. The Duffer Brothers wanted to direct the 2017 remake of It, but the film wasn’t given to them because they weren’t established enough. However, they ended up creating Stranger Things (2016), which co-stars Finn Wolfhard (who plays Richie in It).
A 15-year-old Irish girl was the first person processed at Ellis Island. In 1892, Annie Moore was the first passenger to arrive at Ellis Island when it opened. She came with her two younger brothers on the SS Nevada.
The Wright Brothers only flew together once (though both piloted the planes individually): on May 25, 1910, they took a six-minute flight piloted by Orville with Wilbur as his passenger.
Cleopatra was Queen of Egypt from 50 to 30 B.C. She came into power at 12 years old and married two of her brothers during her reign. It sounds crazy today, but this was fairly common practice back then!
Some young axolotls are cannibals! Yes, the grim reality is that many young axolotls wouldn’t think twice about having a nibble of their brothers and sisters after they’re born. Don’t worry, though, as this isn’t a death sentence, as you’ll discover from fact #11.
Although the TV show “Friends” is based around life in New York City, the entire show was filmed in California. Whether you love it or hate it, Friends was one of the most iconic TV shows to come out of the nineties and early 2000s. One of the most surprising facts about Friends is that it wasn’t filmed in Manhattan, where it’s set, but at the Warner Brothers Ranch just outside of Los Angeles. That being said, there are a small handful of locations where filming took place outside of LA. One of these is, of course, Monica and Rachel’s apartment building at 90 Bedford St in New York. Several other locations filmed in New York for the serious include the places where the friends all work.
A sparse audience. Fewer than ten people witnessed the first powered flight by the Wright Brothers on 17 December 1903.
Old McDonald’s. The oldest operating McDonald’s is located in Downey, California, and was opened in 1953. As it was franchised by the McDonald brothers, not Ray Kroc, it did not modernise alongside the McDonald’s Corporation until its acquisition in 1990, when it was the only remaining independent McDonald’s.