During World War 1, Harry Houdini took 1 year off performing to help sell war bonds and teach american soldiers how to escape from German handcuffs.
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In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
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There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
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The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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