The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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Although Nostradamus died in the middle of 1566, his 1567 almanac was published because he had the foresight to prepare it before his death.
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During World War II, Uncle Ben's was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.
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Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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During World War 1, starving wolves amassed in such great numbers that Germans and Russians had a temporary cease fire to fight off the wolf attacks.
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