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Athenian lawmaker Draco gave Athens its first written code. The word “draconian” comes from his name because his laws were so harsh that even minor offenses were punishable by death.
Thomas Edison invented an electric pen in 1876, which was later adapted to become the first electric tattoo machine in 1891.
It’s estimated that around 400,000 workers lost their lives during the initial construction of the Great Wall of China.
The Canadian government isn’t sure when Canada became a sovereign state. Its Supreme Court ruled that sovereignty occurred sometime between 1919 and 1931.
A contributing factor to the Titanic sinking was the use of faulty, low-quality rivets made of a lower-grade iron than what was standard for the time.
As much as 8% of the human genome is made up of ancient viruses that our distant primate ancestors survived.
In the 1930s, Meyer Lansky (a major Jewish mob figure) frequently disrupted Nazi rallies by breaking limbs, cracking skulls, and throwing attendants out of windows.
The longest unbroken alliance in world history is between England and Portugal. It has lasted since 1386 and still stands today.
When Galileo first saw Saturn’s rings, he had no idea what they were. The closest word he found to describe them was “ears.”
Long ago, people chewed willow bark for pain relief; it contains salicin, which is related to the salicylic acid used in aspirin today.
In 18th-century England, having a pineapple was a symbol of wealth because of high import fees. They were often used as displays instead of being eaten.
“Rock, paper, scissors” originated in China during the Han dynasty (206 BCE – 220 CE), where it was known as “shoushiling.”
In 1943, U.S. officials imposed a short-lived ban on sliced bread as a wartime conservation measure, which lasted less than two months.
After the 9/11 attacks, a Maasai tribe in Kenya gifted 14 cows to the United States in a gesture of sympathy and solidarity.
Pope Benedict IX, who was around 12 years old at his first election, is the youngest pope in history and the only person to have served as pope more than once.
Following the Chernobyl disaster, sunflowers were planted in an attempt to remove radioactive elements from contaminated water and soil.
A peace flame has been burning in Hiroshima, Japan, since it was lit in 1964. It will only be put out once all nuclear bombs on the planet are destroyed.
Nightingale floors in feudal Japan were designed to chirp when stepped on, serving as an early intruder alert system against ninjas.
In 1991, Yugoslav tank driver Vladimir Živković deserted the Vukovar front by driving his tank to Belgrade and parking it outside the federal parliament in protest.
Jean Maridor, a French pilot, died on August 3, 1944, when his attempt to deflect a V-1 bomb led to an explosion. His sacrifice prevented the bomb from hitting a field hospital.
Corporal Frank Buckles was the last surviving American soldier from WWI, passing away in 2011 at age 110. His advice for a long life was, “When you start to die… don’t.”
