The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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When the Egyptians destroyed Libya in the 13th century B.C. they took 13,230 penises of the conquered enemies as trophies.
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London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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Leonardo Da Vinci made a robotic lion in 1515 that would walk, sway, open its mouth and move its tail - it even had a compartment that opened to present flowers.
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During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.
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Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
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When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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