Frederick Banting discovered the insulin and turned down all offers from big corporations, saying that insulin was his gift to mankind
Henry “Box” Brown – The man who escaped slavery in 1849 by mailing himself in a wood crate from Virginia to the free state of Pennsylvania
The chair that grew: In 1903 a handy banker trained and shaped a tree to grow into the form of a chair
The Spruce Girls: Ladies wearing spruce veneer bathing suits in 1929
Seneb, the Dwarf from ancient Egypt
Riga, the capital of Latvia, has the finest and the largest collection of Art Nouveau buildings in the world
Until the early 20th century, boys would wear dresses and gowns until as late as the age of 8
The Pink Chanel suit worn by Jacqueline Kennedy and stained with the President’s blood will be placed on a public display – in 2103
The Agate House: A reconstructed pueblo made almost entirely of petrified wood
Three Wise Monkeys that represent the phrase “See no Evil, Hear no Evil, Speak no Evil” are named Mizaru, Kikazaru, and Iwazaru
