There was once a Viking who ruled as the King of England… for about 5 weeks
Archaeological dig in Kenya turns up stone tools, the ever made by Hominin Species
Naval engineer Richard James accidentally invented the slinky in 1943 when he knocked a spring off a shelf
Plague pit found underneath London station: Remains of Great Plague victims discovered
The legend of Hugh Glass: the man who survived a grizzly attack crawled 300 miles through the wilderness to safety
The plates from the white Volkswagen’s Beetle on the cover of the Beatles Abbey Road were stolen after the album was released
Rome’s Mysterious Porta Alchemica: With numerous phrases and hermetic symbols, it represents one of the few existing alchemical monuments in the world
Abebe Bikila – a double Olympic marathon champion from Ethiopia who ran barefoot
The Hypogeum – this 5000 year old underground temple in Malta was discovered by accident and contains 6000 skeletons
Warner/Chappell Music company charged $5,000 a day for public use of the song “Happy Birthday to You”
