- American paper currency is made of 75% cotton.
- The first light bulb manufactured by Thomas Edison used cotton filament.
- Cotton is good for all seasons because it keeps the body cool in the summer and warm in the winter.
- The average American owns seven pairs of blue jeans.
- Ancient Egyptians grew cotton, but only the High Priest was allowed to wear a cotton garment.
- There are 150 yards of cotton in a regulation baseball.
- In 1730, cotton was first spun by machinery thanks to the Industrial Revolution.
- One bale of cotton weighs about 480 pounds.
- Levi Strauss and his partner added rivets into their denim jeans for added strength.
- Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin during the Industrial Revolution which changed the face of the cotton industry forever.