In 1894, a priest rescued a 4 year old boy from drowning. This boy was Adolf Hitler!

 

En effet, le Führer a été sauvé de la noyage dans une rivière à Passau, en Allemagne, en Janvier 1894, par un prêtre quand il avait seulement 4 ans. Cette information a été découverte dans un article trouvé dans une archive allemande qui correspond à une histoire racontée par le prêtre Max Tremmel en 1980. Ce dernier a déclaré que son prédécesseur Johann Kuehberger lui a dit qu’il avait sauvé Hitler lorsque le dirigeant nazi était un enfant. Les résidents de Passau, où Hitler a grandi, ont également affirmé cette histoire.

Statistically, women drive better than men!!

 

A U.S. study that 2012 date indicates that 80% of serious and fatal accidents are caused by male drivers, and women are 27% less likely to cause auto accidents.

In 2007, statistics showed that men were involved in 6.1 million car accidents while women were involved in 4.4 million accidents in the United States. In addition, the study showed that men commit more traffic offenses than women.

Other studies around the world have also confirmed that women drive better than men.

Originally, high heels were made ​​for men!

The high heel has been worn by men for centuries in the Middle East as a form of riding shoes, like the cavalry of Shah Abbas.

Abbas I the Great, the fifth Safavid Shah of Iran (1588-1629), had the largest horse in the world in the late 16th century. He forged relationships with Western European leaders to defeat his greatest enemy, the Ottoman Empire.

Shah sent riders wearing high heels in Europe and these shoes have been adopted by European aristocrats as a status symbol.

Where does the horse Ferrari?

 

Enzo Ferrari, le fondateur de la marque de fabrique mythique a choisit le logo du cheval cabré pour ses véhicules en rendant hommage à un redoutable aviateur de la première guerre mondiale, l’italien Francesco Barraca qui décorait son avion avec un étalon noir cabré, notant que Ferrari avait une très grande admiration pour ce dernier.

                                              Francesco Baracca next to his plane                 .

The Beetle was created at the request of Hitler

 

Famous car nicknamed the "ladybug" is the first car produced by Volkswagen in 1938. Following Hitler asked Ferdinand Porsche engineer, famous for its racing cars at the time. Hitler wanted to democratize the automobile industry and make cars accessible to the people. The name Volkswagen means also "people's car" in German. The ladybug was then funded by the state to reduce production costs.

The name of the Mercedes brand

In 1897, Austrian businessman Emil Jellinek traveled from his home in Nice to buy a car from the " Daimler " factory in Cannstatt in Germany. On his return to the French Riviera, and after testing his new car, Emil Jellinek decided to participate in a competition of local tourism with its new car under the name "Mercedes" which comes from the nickname of his daughter then aged 13 .
Realizing the business potential acquired by the new car, he not only placed an order for another 36 , but also achieved market exclusivity to sell the car " Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft " in several countries , Gottlieb Daimler also agreed to sale under the name "Mercedes" and it was a success for the plant.
In 1924 , the company " Daimler " merged with the company "Benz" as the " Mercedes- Benz " and not " Daimler- Benz " to maintain respect for the brand "Mercedes" .

The last words of Jack Daniel were "One last drink, please"!

 

Jasper Newton Jack Daniel was an American distiller and the founder of the famous Tennessee whiskey distillery, Jack Daniel's. He never married and was very close to his nephew, Lem Motlow. In 1907, because of his failing health, Daniel gave the distillery to Motlow.

Jack Daniel died from blood poisoning October 10, 1911, in Lynchburg, Tennessee. And his last words were: "a last drink, please. "

This phrase has been the subject of a marketing poster in London in 2006. Indeed, this whiskey distillery is one of the most sold worldwide whiskeys.

Hippos milk is pink!

The hippo secretes two types of unique acid called "hipposudoric acid" and "norhipposudoric acid." These two acids are strong enough to minimize the growth of bacteria on the skin of the hippopotamus, they also act as a sunscreen to the skin of the animal because they absorb UV rays which destroy the cells of the skin.

The hipposudoric acid is bright red while norhipposudoric acid is bright orange. Both merge with milk hippo to give this pink color.