Ivory bar soap floating was a mistake. They had been mixing the soap formula causing excess air bubbles that made it float. Customers wrote and told how much they loved that it floated, and it has floated ever since.

Basketball superstar Wilt Chamberlain holds 56 NBA records.

The word alligator comes from the Spanish word El Lagarto, which means "The Lizard."

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