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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In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.
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The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
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In 1976 an LA secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50 pound rock in a ceremony witnessed by more than 20 people.
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The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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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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