The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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In 1799, a boy found a 17lb. rock in a creek in North Carolina and used it as a doorstop. It was actually gold.
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In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant that she accepted.
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Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
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