In 1949, an official boxing match between a bear and a man was held. The bear won.
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Ice cream cones were popularized in America during the 1904 World’s Fair in Saint Louis when an ice cream vendor ran out of cups and asked a nearby waffle vendor to roll up his waffles to hold the ice cream.
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When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortoises, he tried to ride them!
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20 years ago, there were only 130 websites, Google wasn't around, and you had to pay for an email account through an ISP.
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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