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Mongols never washed their clothes or themselves

Mongols never washed their clothes or themselves

Did you know that people of the Mongol empire did not use to wash their clothes or themselves? (more…) Read More

10 years ago

What words does Edgar Allan Poe call out as dying?

The famous American writer Edgar Allan Poe was taken to the Washington Medical College in 1849, after he was found in  on the… Read More

11 years ago

What you don’t know about ‘Pandora’s Box’

The phrase 'Pandora's Box' has been accepted  due to a bad translation by the humanist Erasmus of Rotterdam. (more…) Read More

11 years ago

The Twelve Labours of Hercules

There are several lists with the Twelve Labours of the Greek mythological  hero Hercules but we present you the one… Read More

11 years ago

Ancient Babylonians first to brew beer

For the beer-making process the basic ingredients are water, a starch source, a brewer's yeast to induce fermentation and a flavouring, such… Read More

11 years ago

Man could not sleep for 40 years

Until his death in 1955 Paul Kern, a Hungarian soldier, was unable to sleep, as he has been shot in… Read More

11 years ago

Everyone could access Churchill’s number in the early 1950s

Did you know that in the early 1950s everyone could access Winston Churchill as the phone number of the Prime… Read More

11 years ago

Six English words originated from an extinct language

Did you know that the English words moose, opossum, pecan, raccoon, skunk, and squash are originated from the now -… Read More

11 years ago

WWI: France lost more men than the U.S. has ever lost

During the WWI France lost 1,397,800 men, which is more than the number of people that the U.S. has ever… Read More

11 years ago

Volkwagen’s first presence in the U.S.

Although Volkswagen, known as "Victory wagon', first appeared in 1949 in the U.S., Volkswagen of America was created in 1955… Read More

11 years ago