Jules Henri Giffard: The inventor of the world’s first passenger-carrying airship known as Giffard Dirigible
The Great Stink: That time when London was overwhelmed with sewage stench
Top 10 Bizarre Deaths of the Middle Ages
The dog that played Toto in The Wizard of Oz was paid a salary that was higher than the actors who played the Munchkins
In the ’60s octopus wrestling was a popular sport – a diver would fight an octopus & drag it to the surface
Observation balloons – the early ‘drones’
The Fra Mauro Map is the most accurate map of the world before the famous Earthrise photo taken by the Apollo astronauts
Klomino- the only official ghost town in Poland existed only on Russian military maps
No Dog Allowed:Lord Byron at Trinity College kept a pet bear instead as there were no rules against having one
Incredible amount of WWII battlefield relics still being found on the Eastern Front
