The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
49
London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
39
France’s King Louis XIV was offered biological weapons by an Italian chemist. He not only refused, but also paid the chemist an annual salary to never reveal the technology to anyone else.
21
Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
573
Only eight men were killed in the battle of lexington!
62
Modern humans first appeared about 200,000 years ago, but record keeping didn't begin until about 6,000 years ago. That means about 97% of human history is lost.
21
The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
-53