Interesting Facts of the Day: Text Messages. By Mark J. Perry. AEIdeas. September 29, 2011. 1. Some 83% of American adults own cell phones and three-quarters of them (73%) send and receive text ...

Excerpted from The Huge Book of Fun Facts About Neat Stuff, 2050 Edition: Solitaire was originally played using small pieces of paper called “cards.” Sometimes laying out a new game took more ...