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 first underground railway was opened 2 Each year 3000 million flowers are grown 3 The first pair of jeans was made 4 The first modern Olympic games were played 5 More wine is produced in Italy than 6 Paper was invented 7 Pasta and ice cream were first made 8 The raincoat was invented 9 The ballpoint pen was invented 10 The rubber tyre was invented 11 Toothpaste was invented 12 The first guitar was made in China by the Romans in 960 in Holland. by a German tailor called Levi Strauss. by John Dunlop in 1888. by a Spanish instrument maker. by a Scotsman called Charles Macintosh in London in 1863. in China nearly 2000 years ago. in 1896 in France. by a Hungarian called Biro.