Seven of the eight US Presidents who have died in office - either through illness or assassination - were elected at precisely 20-year intervals.
The White House, in Washington DC, was originally gray, the color of the sandstone it was built out of. After the War of 1812, during which it had been burned by Canadian troops, the outside walls were painted white to hide the smoke stains.
The custom of shaking hands with the strangers originated to show that both the parties were unarmed.
Celtic warriors sometimes fought their battles naked, their bodies dyed blue from head to toe.
King Charles the Second often rubbed dust from the mummies of pharaohs so he could "absorb their ancient greatness".
In the 1400's a law was set forth that a man was not allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have "the rule of thumb".
Abdul Kassam Ismael, Grand Vizier of Persia in the tenth century, carried his library with him wherever he went. Four hundred camels carried the 117,000 volumes.
Roman Emperor Caligula was so upset by the death of his sister Drusila that he imposed a year of mourning. During this time, everyone in the empire was forbidden to dine with his family, laugh or take a bath. The penalty for transgression was death.
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
At the height of inflation in Germany in the early 1920s, one U.S. dollar was equal to 4 quintillion German marks
The White House, in Washington DC, was originally gray, the color of the sandstone it was built out of. After the War of 1812, during which it had been burned by Canadian troops, the outside walls were painted white to hide the smoke stains.
The custom of shaking hands with the strangers originated to show that both the parties were unarmed.
Celtic warriors sometimes fought their battles naked, their bodies dyed blue from head to toe.
King Charles the Second often rubbed dust from the mummies of pharaohs so he could "absorb their ancient greatness".
In the 1400's a law was set forth that a man was not allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have "the rule of thumb".
Abdul Kassam Ismael, Grand Vizier of Persia in the tenth century, carried his library with him wherever he went. Four hundred camels carried the 117,000 volumes.
Roman Emperor Caligula was so upset by the death of his sister Drusila that he imposed a year of mourning. During this time, everyone in the empire was forbidden to dine with his family, laugh or take a bath. The penalty for transgression was death.
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
At the height of inflation in Germany in the early 1920s, one U.S. dollar was equal to 4 quintillion German marks