Tablecloths were originally meant to serve as towels with which guests could wipe their hands and faces after dinner.
78
Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
33
The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!
60
In 2011, archaeologists discovered the skeletal remains of a Roman couple who have been holding hands for 1,500 years.
81
Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
77
Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks.
27
In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
28
It is estimated that there is in excess of 3,000,000,000 bibles been sold throughout the world!
56