Awon Facts

12/11/2020

Queen Elizabeth visited the set of Game of Thrones, but because of an obscure rule, she wasn’t allowed to sit on it – the ruling monarch can’t sit on a foreign throne, even if it’s fictional, apparently.

12/11/2020

After the first Israeli president Chaim Weizmann died on November 9, 1952, the Foreign Ministry was tasked with the challenge of finding candidates for his replacement. Israel's ambassador to the United States, Aba Eban, approached Albert Einstein to see if he was interested in becoming president of Israel. While Einstein did say he was "deeply moved" to have been given the offer, he could not accept because he felt he lacked the experience necessary.

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12/11/2020

Saint Lucia was discovered by the French after they were shipwrecked on the island.

They arrived on December 13, which is the feast day of Saint Lucy – hence, why they named it Saint Lucia!

12/11/2020

Lego offers seemingly endless sets of their toys based on everything from historical events to blockbuster movie franchises. But there's one place that holds every single set ever made. In 2008, Gizmodo got a peek at Lego's Memory Lane vault, which reportedly contains 4,720 sets, some dating back to the 1950s.

12/11/2020

When Gustave Eiffel designed the tower which bears his name, he added a hidden apartment on the third level of the landmark—but he never lived there, no one did. Instead, Eiffel used the special space to entertain distinguished guests such as Thomas Edison.

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Created by Old Spice for a product that supposedly "lasts forever," the commercial features actor Terry Crews, among others, and is currently airing "for an eternity" online . But since that's not exactly possible on TV, a 14-hour version was put together and aired in São Paulo, Brazil, on December 8, 2018, earning the Guinness World Record for the longest TV ad ever.