Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: spades - King David, clubs - Alexander the Great, hearts - Charlemagne, and diamonds - Julius Caesar.
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Everton FC used to be called St Domingo's FC!
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The site where the Parthenon was built had to be cleared of hundreds of dinosaur bones (then called giants' bones) before construction could begin.
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The first chocolate eggs were made in Germany in the 19th century and remain one of the most popular Easter candies today.
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Early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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