A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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When the Egyptians destroyed Libya in the 13th century B.C. they took 13,230 penises of the conquered enemies as trophies.
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If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
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In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant that she accepted.
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Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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