Hundreds of years ago, the Aztecs of Mexico and the people of Nicaragua believed gods lived in volcanoes. They would sacrifice beautiful young girls to these powerful gods.
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The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
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Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
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Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
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The Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
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When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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In the 1830s, a Greek prime minister tried to spread the potato in Greece but people weren't interested so he put armed guards in front of shipments of potatoes so people would think they were important. People then started stealing these potatoes so much that the crop spread to all of Greece.
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