The name "Tonka" trucks was named after Lake Minnetonka located in Minnesota. Tonka means "great" in Sioux.

The first box of Crayola that was ever sold had the same eight colours that are sold in the box today consisting of red, blue, yellow, green, violet, orange, black and brown. The box was sold for a nickel in 1903.

President William McKinley had a pet parrot that he named "Washington Post."

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