Trivia About Birthdays

China

Don't give a clock or watch as a birthday gift in China. It's bad luck!

Dates

In America, the most common birth date is October 5 and the least common is May.

Days of the week

The day of the week in which the most babies are born is Tuesday while Sunday has the fewest births.

England

Birthday cards were sent in England over one hundred years ago.

Facts

First century Jewish law forbid the celebrations of birthdays.

Facts

Early, European birthday parties were held because people thought they were vulnerable to demons on their birthdays.

Facts

The first balloons are thought to originate from children's toys that were made out of animal intestines filled with water.

Facts

Close to 2 billion birthday cards are sent each year in the U.S. alone, accounting for nearly 58 percent of all cards sent.

Facts

Exactly 31,536,000 seconds have passed since your last birthday.

Facts

The sun has traveled 584,337,600 miles since your last birthday.

Food

The world's largest birthday cake was created in 1989 it weighed 128,238 pounds, 8 oz. and used 16,209 pounds of icing.

Food

The first birthday cake with candles happened in 18th century Greece.

Food

Putting candles on a birthday cake originated from Greek goddess worship.

Historical

Anne Frank's world famous diary was given to her when she was thirteen years old.

Historical

William Shakespeare died on his 52nd birthday: 23 April 1616.

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Noisemakers were used in Europe to scare away evil spirits and demons on someone's birthday.

Historical

Jesus' birthday is celebrated on December 25 to convert people from celebrating Saturnalia.

Korea

In Korea, the two most important birthdays are the 100th day and the 60th year.

Money

The Sultan of Brunei hosted the world's most expensive Birthday Party to celebrate his 50th Birthday on 13 July, 1996. The cost was around $27.2 million.

Pharaohs

Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs are recorded as having elaborate birthday parties.

Song

The "Happy Birthday Song" is copyrighted.

Malaysia

Don't give a birthday gift to someone you don't know well, or it will be seen as a bribe.

Malaysia

Gifts are never opened in front of the person who gave the gift.

Japan

Give gifts to person in private.

Facts

May 22nd is the least common birth date besides February 29th.

Facts

In North Korea, People don't celebrate birthdays on July 8 and December 17. This is because July 8 is the death day of Kim Il-sung, and December 17 is the death day of Kim Jong-Il. Around 100,000 residents in North Korea celebrate fake birthdays on July 9 or December 18.