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