Patients that needed bloodletting were sent to the barbershops – hence the red & white pole outside of them
Mark Twain wrote an autobiography & intentionally had it published a century after his death
7-Up was created in 1929 and it contained lithium, a mood-stabilizing drug
Hyeronimus Bosch’s triptych “The Garden of Earthly Delights” can be closed to reveal another painting on its exterior panels
Little known facts about Marlon Brando’s final years of his life
Great inventions from ancient times
The Greek engineer Ctesibius of Alexandria is credited with inventing the pipe organ in the 3rd century B.C. and improving the clepsydra, the most accurate clock for more than 1,800 years
Before Radar, they used these giant concrete “Sound Mirrors” to detect incoming enemy aircraft
The Rosetta Stone: A decree carved in three different scripts is helping linguists decipher ancient texts
Ananda Temple: One of the largest and best-preserved Buddhist temples in Bagan, Myanmar
