1. Ancient Romans posted news on stone boards. Long before paper existed, Julius Caesar ordered daily news updates—called Acta Diurna ("Daily Acts")—to be carved into stone or metal boards and hung in public plazas for citizens to read!

2. Kids used to deliver all the papers. In the 1800s and early 1900s, young kids called newsies bought newspapers in bulk and ran through city streets shouting headline teasers to sell them to passersby.

3. Printing presses run faster than a sprinting cheetah. Modern newspaper printing presses feed giant paper rolls at speeds over 40 miles per hour (64 km/h), printing thousands of full newspapers every single minute!

4. Newspaper ink is made from soybeans. Instead of using harsh petroleum chemicals, most newspapers today print using soy-based ink. It creates brighter colors and makes recycling the paper much easier and safer for the environment.

5. Colored pictures use only four ink colors. Look closely at a color picture in a newspaper—it's made of millions of tiny dots using just four inks: Cyan (blue), Magenta (pink-red), Yellow, and Key (black), known as CMYK!

6.The Sunday funnies saved newspapers. In 1896, The New York World printed a bright yellow cartoon character called "The Yellow Kid." It was such a massive hit with readers that newspapers started including full color comic strip sections every Sunday!

7. Newspaper paper is designed to decay quickly. Newspaper is printed on cheap, unbleached paper pulp called newsprint. Unlike book paper, newsprint yellows and breaks down quickly when exposed to sunlight and air so it can be easily recycled.