Template:Did you know/August 26

From Wikislippy

• ... that until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
• ... that the first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
• ... that the dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
• ... that there are 86,400 seconds in day.
• ... that children are more allergic to cockroaches than they are to cats.