Recently, archaeologists excavating in the old medieval town of Odense in Denmark uncovered 700-year-old barrels of poop - and, to their surprise, they still smelt.
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Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
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Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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The oldest stone tools found are dated from 2.7 - 2.9 million years ago. The species that made these tools is unknown.
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A WW2 observation pilot, bored of not being in combat, decided to strap 6 bazookas to his plane. He destroyed several enemy tanks and vehicles. His name was Lt. Col. Charles Carpenter, aka Bazooka Charlie / The Mad Major.
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