Catnip is ten-times more effective at repelling mosquitoes than DEET, the main substance used in insect repellents.

Joseph Gayetty is credited for inventing toilet paper in 1857. Unfortunately, his invention failed and did not catch on until ten years later.

Nokia was originally founded in 1865 as a paper printing company. Apt, to say when it was founded paper was one of the world's most used methods of long-distance communication!

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