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