Twitter's bird logo is named Larry, after Boston Celtics Hall of Famer, Larry Bird

When Oreo cookies were first made, they were mounded-shpaed. The name caome from the Greek word "oreo" which means "hill".

It cost $1 for admission to Disneyland when it opened in 1955. 

The first minimun wage, instituted  in the United States in 1938, was 25 cents per hour.

Home plate in baseball was square unitl 1900 when it was made five-sided to help umpires in calling balls and strikes.

Edgar Allen Poe often wrote his works with his cat seated on his shoulder.