The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
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Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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Recently, archaeologists excavating in the old medieval town of Odense in Denmark uncovered 700-year-old barrels of poop - and, to their surprise, they still smelt.
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The oldest patented company logo is the red triangle of Bass beers!
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The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
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In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
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