Relier Pairs DID YOU KNOW...?Version en ligne This activity will help you learn some interesting facts at the same time you practise the PASSIVE. par Mercedes Hernández Muñiz 1 The raincoat was invented 2 The first modern Olympic games were played 3 Each year 3000 million flowers are grown 4 Paper was invented 5 Toothpaste was invented 6 The first pair of jeans was made 7 The rubber tyre was invented 8 The first underground railway was opened 9 Pasta and ice cream were first made 10 The ballpoint pen was invented 11 The first guitar was made 12 More wine is produced in Italy than in China in France. in London in 1863. by a German tailor called Levi Strauss. in China nearly 2000 years ago. by a Spanish instrument maker. in Holland. by John Dunlop in 1888. in 1896 by a Scotsman called Charles Macintosh by the Romans in 960 by a Hungarian called Biro.