Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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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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The site where the Parthenon was built had to be cleared of hundreds of dinosaur bones (then called giants' bones) before construction could begin.
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London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.
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In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!
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