Culture & History

To the Romans, sport was a spectacular means of bloody entertainment, whereas Athenians found it to be a spiritual experience.

The employee who gave the order to ground all planes after the 9/11 attacks was Ben Sliney - and it was his first day on the job.

Tulip mania took place in 17th Century Holland, starting out roughly in 1624 and hitting its peak between 1636 and 1637.

In 1955, the US exploded a nuclear bomb near some beer cans & bottles to see if the beer was drinkable after a nuclear explosion.

Those trademark pirate eye-patches are nothing to do with a missing eye, but rather to see better in the dark.

Amsterdam’s infamous Eel Riots led to the deaths of 26 people - and one eel.

Did you know that Yosemite National Park is home is the Giant Sequoias, which are the biggest living creatures on earth?

Almost half of the world’s population, that’s 3.2 billion people, tuned in to the 2014 World Cup.

In 1824 John Cadbury opened a shop selling tea, coffee & hot chocolate. Cadbury is now one of the most popular brands world-wide.

Turkmenistan holds the Guinness World Record for the largest indoor Ferris wheel in an architectural structure.

The Alamo Mission was founded in 1718 in the San Antonio area of Texas, and was designed to educate the Native Americans.

If you piled the entire world population inside the Grand Canyon, there wouldn’t be enough people to fill it up.

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