In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.
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In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
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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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Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
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The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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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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