Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead learned to play slide guitar on stage much to the chagrin of Jerry Garcia.
Bock's Car was the name of the B-29 Bomber that dropped the Atom Bomb on Nagasaki.
Boiled grape juice was the fluid used as a lubricant for the first contact lenses. Eugene Flick, who invented contact lenses in 1887, chose boiled grape juice over sugar water to lubricate the thick glass lenses that covered the entire eye.
Books on religion outnumbered works of fiction by a 2 to 1 margin in 1870 England. Sixteen years later, novels surpassed religious works.
Born on November 2, 1718, British politician, John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich, is credited with naming the 'sandwich.' He developed a habit of eating beef between slice of toast so he could continue to play cards uninterrupted.
Bourbon whiskey gets its name from Bourbon County, Kentucky, where local distillers developed the drink around 1800.
Bowlers are allowed to have a maximum of five finger grip holes on a regulation bowling ball.
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