Who Made It?

Peach baskets were used for the first basketball nets. When fans watching from the balcony started reaching out and interfering with players’ shots, backboards made of chicken wire were created. Suddenly, rebounds became a big part of the game. And more importantly, fans stopped interfering!

If your children are gamers, then you should probably know that studies have shown that children who spend more than two hours a day playing computer and video games score 9.4 percent lower on school exams than students who don’t play computer games.

The word ‘bankrupt’ comes the Italian ‘banca rotta’, which literally means ‘broken bench’. This refers to the early days of banking in Italy, where the public marketplace would take place literally at the bench. If the banker ran out of money or behaved badly, his bench would be smashed to smithereens.