Riga, the city with the largest collection of Art Nouveau buildings in the world
Lord Byron kept a pet bear at Trinity College since dogs were not allowed
Ancient Romans flooded the Colosseum for mock naval battles
The “Happy Birthday” Song is the Highest-Earning Single in History
Sir William Martin Conway – Slade Professor of Fine Art at Cambridge University and the first mountaineer to climb Baltoro Kangri
Octopus wrestling was a popular sport in the 1960s
Beckery Chapel, the oldest monastery in the British Isles
Klondike Gold Rush – When 100,000 prospectors traveled for a year to Yukon in a search for gold
In 16th-century Europe, potatoes were cultivated in courts & monasteries as decorative potted plants
The Aztec Empire engaged in flower wars: ritual wars fought in accordance with a strict set of conventions
