A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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Beethoven, was told by a music teacher that he had no talent for music. In fact, this teacher once remarked, “As a composer he is hopeless.”
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At age 18, the Queen of England was a mechanic for the British Military.
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Modern humans first appeared about 200,000 years ago, but record keeping didn't begin until about 6,000 years ago. That means about 97% of human history is lost.
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The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
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Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
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The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
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