Hundreds of years ago, the Aztecs of Mexico and the people of Nicaragua believed gods lived in volcanoes. They would sacrifice beautiful young girls to these powerful gods.
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Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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In Ancient Greece, small penises were desirable, and big ones were for ‘old men and barbarians’
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Picasso’s full name: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.
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The handbook issued to US soldiers in Britain during WW2 included the line "The British don't know how to make a good cup of coffee. You don't know how to make a good cup of tea. It's an even swap."
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
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Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a watchmaker, 240 years ago invented a robot that could write, and the parts could be interchanged to say whatever you want.
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