The oldest tree in the world was alive when Stonehenge was under construction and around the time humans developed their first writing system
The Brussels Musical Instrument Museum has some of the rarest instruments from around the world in its collection
Hanukkah is celebrated with fried food, such as potato pancakes or jelly doughnuts, to commemorate the importance of oil
The “Manneken Pis”- one of Belgium’s most famous landmarks and the most fashionable statue worldwide
The FBI issued a memo about ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’, qualifying it as a communist propaganda
Iconic songs & the wacko & strange stories behind
Charles Darwin’s cousin invented the dog whistle, meteorology, forensic fingerprinting, mathematical correlation and the concept of inherited intelligence
WW2: Eiffel Tower’s lift cables were cut so that Hitler would have to climb the steps to the top
Ruins of Viking village near the Hudson River seriously question where were the borders of the legendary Vinland
In medieval Europe, narwhal tusks were believed to be the horns from the legendary unicorn, and Vikings were probably selling them for tremendous amounts of gold
