Sports Evolution Facts: The Greeks, Romans & Us
To the Romans, sport was a spectacular means of bloody entertainment, whereas Athenians found it to be a spiritual experience.
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To the Romans, sport was a spectacular means of bloody entertainment, whereas Athenians found it to be a spiritual experience.
Did you know that Beethoven composed his first song when he was 12 years old?
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.
When Pablo Picasso died in 1973, he was the richest artist in history.
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.
It was reported that Charles Darwin once gagged on a meal of brown owl, writing that the taste was "indescribable".
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.