J.R.R. Tolkien fought in the First World War and created a secret code to communicate with his wife
Never seen Pet Rocks before but here’s a selection of popular toys from the 1970s
The Execution dock in London was used for more than 400 years to execute pirates, smugglers & mutineers
Voyager 1 was the first human-made object to reach interstellar space
The Pahlavi Crown was crafted for the coronation of Reza Shah Pahlavi and is part of the Iranian Crown Jewels
The Sprinkler Sprinkled was the first comedy film
Meanwhile: The Sarpa Salpa is a hallucinogenic fish that was used as a recreational drug in the Roman Empire
The Skeleton Coast is one of the harshest places on earth with ghostly remains of ships scattered along the shoreline
People used hammers and chisels to open up tin cans until the can opener was invented
Collision of a luxury passenger steamer and a fishing vessel in fog off the coast of Newfoundland was the impetus for the policy of “women and children first”
