Origin Facts

The original Toby jugs were modelled on Harry 'Toby' Elwes a Yorkshireman!

Nobody really knows where strawberries got their name.

In 1943, a Pan Am Airline chef snuck whiskey into passengers' coffee to warm them up on a winter flight. When asked what kind of coffee they were being served, he improvised "Irish Coffee," creating the now-famous cocktail.

YouTube launched on Valentine's Day 2005 as a video dating site. The slogan was 'Tune In, Hook Up.' Users were meant to upload videos describing their ideal partner - nobody did. The founders even posted on Craigslist to recruit women to the site. Still no takers. So they opened the platform to any video. Less than two years later, Google paid $1.65 billion for it.