Interesting Facts - Page 245

From 1898–1910, Bayer sold heroin as an over-the-counter drug. It was marketed as a "non-addictive morphine substitute".

In August 1897, a scientist named Felix Hoffman synthesized both aspirin and heroin while working for Bayer.

From 1886–1959, a bottle of Coca-Cola cost five cents.

In Old English, "deer" (dēor) was a broader term that meant every kind of land animal. A rabbit was a deer, a badger was a deer, a dog was a deer. If you wanted to refer to a deer specifically, you'd use the word hart (heorot).

The only country where more than 2% of the population are Sikhs is Canada.