1,000-year-old Viking tools have been unearthed in Denmark
Walter Benjamin committed suicide in fear of being captured by the Nazis
Tomas de Torquemada: The first Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition who was reportedly responsible for the deaths of 2000 people
Tuileries Garden – The largest garden in Paris was commissioned by Catherine de Medici
The 1911 Paris to Madrid air race was overshadowed by explosions and bizarre accidents
Clint Eastwood had trouble finding work because of his unusual way of speaking
“Foundling Wheels” were designed to provide a safe way to abandon unwanted babies
Antonio Salieri: The main rival of Mozart and the teacher of Franz Liszt, Franz Schubert, and Ludwig van Beethoven
The body of Alfred Wegener, the founder of the theory of continental drift, remains buried under the Greenland snow
In 1672, an angry mob of Dutchmen butchered and ate their prime minister
