The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
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There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
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Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
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Leonardo Da Vinci made a robotic lion in 1515 that would walk, sway, open its mouth and move its tail - it even had a compartment that opened to present flowers.
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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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Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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During WW2, captured German officers were sent to Britain as POWs and lived in luxury in Trent Park. This was done to make them feel relaxed. However, they were being listened to by 100 ‘listeners’. They revealed secrets about the holocaust, events in Berlin, Hitler's madness and V2 rocket bases.
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