In the 1800s, if you attempted suicide and failed, you would have to face the death penalty.
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month, which we know today as the honeymoon.
The quarries where the Romans extracted travertine for the Colosseum and other great structures are still being mined today.
The house in which the Declaration of Independence was written was replaced with a hamburger restaurant.
In the marriage ceremony of the Ancient Inca Indians of Peru, the couple was considered officially wed when they took off their sandals and handed them to each other.
In 200 BC, when the Greek city of Sparta was at the height of its power there were 20 slaves for every citizen.
A golden razor removed from Tutankhamen’s tomb over 3000 years after his death was still sharp enough for use.
The slang word "hooker," which means prostitute, was gotten from the US civil-war general Joseph T. Hooker. He hired prostitutes for his army to keep up troop morale. They started being called, "Hooker's girls" which was eventually shortened to "hooker." The name stuck.
Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
The quarries where the Romans extracted travertine for the Colosseum and other great structures are still being mined today.
The house in which the Declaration of Independence was written was replaced with a hamburger restaurant.
In the marriage ceremony of the Ancient Inca Indians of Peru, the couple was considered officially wed when they took off their sandals and handed them to each other.
In 200 BC, when the Greek city of Sparta was at the height of its power there were 20 slaves for every citizen.
A golden razor removed from Tutankhamen’s tomb over 3000 years after his death was still sharp enough for use.
The slang word "hooker," which means prostitute, was gotten from the US civil-war general Joseph T. Hooker. He hired prostitutes for his army to keep up troop morale. They started being called, "Hooker's girls" which was eventually shortened to "hooker." The name stuck.
Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.