Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
40
Picasso’s full name: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.
18
The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
79
Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
50
The University of Oxford (teaching since 1096) predates the Aztec empire (1428 - 1521).
14
The Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
83
Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle.
117