Trivia about Birthday
Birthday celebrations come with a lot of excitement and memorable turnout of events as the joyful ambience that surrounded one’s emergency into this world is somewhat recreated. And as everyone of us [while being the baby that we were] did not get to have so much feel of the excitement, birthday celebrations present you with the occasion to get into fun. There’s no doubt that one’s birthday is a special day, and we all observe it in a peculiar way. However, there are some birthday facts we like to share with you- who knows if any of these facts will inspire you in some way on your next celebration. Read on:
The most expensive birthday party was recorded to be that of the Sultan of Brunei’s 50th birthday on the third of July, 1996. The party cost a whacking sum of $27.2 million with most of that amount spent on concerts in which late pop musician, Michael Jackson performed.
Long before this time, only kings celebrated birthday parties.
The favourite birthday song “Happy Birthday to You” was composed in 1893 by two sisters Mildred and Patti Hall.
The largest birthday cake ever designed was the one used in commemorating the 100th year existence of Fort Payne in Alabama. It weighed approximately about a massive 65,579 kg.
The idea of using cakes to celebrate birthdays started about two centuries ago.
Birthday card was first used in 1902.
In England, the 80th, 90th and 100th year birthdays are usually commemorate with a telegram from the queen.
