Incredible History Trivia: Fun Facts and Quizzes

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INVENTION Did you know inventing the skateboard was a group effort In the 1950s surfers in California were looking for a way to enjoy their sport when there were no waves They slapped wheels from roller skates onto wooden boards and started surfing the sidewalks and presto the skateboard was born 4 Can you guess what Nestlé paid the inventor of the chocolate chip cookie for the rights to her recipe The inventor of the waterbed couldn't get a patent on it because it had already been featured in science fiction novels A 100 B 100,000 C 1 million D A lifetime supply of Nestlé chocolate If you guessed D you got it Inventor Ruth Wakefield got paid in chocolate for her mouthwatering creation This unusual payment left Wakefield with enough chocolate to bake her famous cookies every day if she'd wished Q IBM released the first one in 1994 and named it Simon What was it SIMON A The first phone to feature apps a very early version of the modern smartphone