"Yo momma" jokes/insults were invented by Shakespeare.
39
During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
65
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.
22
The ancient Egyptians bought jewelry for their pet crocodiles.
82
Leonardo Da Vinci predicted the mass use of solar energy as long ago as 1447.
153
In 1999, Pepsi, Inc. paid $0.00 in income tax!
61
In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
26
There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
23