Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
142
In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
456
The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
77
The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
36
The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.
79
Genghis Khan exempted the poor and clergy from taxes, encouraged literacy, and established free religion, leading many peoples to join his empire before they were even conquered.
28
Scientists are excavating the ruins of a major civilization which pre-dates both the pyramids and Stonehenge by over 7,000 years. In 15 years, they have uncovered only about 5% of the site.
21
The time interval from first sighting of the iceberg that sank the Titanic to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
105