Why the keyboard layout is QWERTY and not ABCDE: a brief history of the keyboard
“Roman Lighthouse” at Dover Castle is the oldest building in England
Rothenburg ob der Daur- One of the best preserved medieval towns in Germany
The mustache cup: The special tea cup used by the Victorian men to protect their mustache from getting dunked into their tea
‘fragging’ is the deliberate killing of a senior ranking military officer, usually with a frag grenade. Over 700 cases during the Vietnam war
The US invented an inflatable plane, could be dropped behind enemy lines for downed pilots
Udny Mort House: 19th century building which protected corpses from body-snatchers
Ruins of the Clifden Castle witness the first Gothic Revival building in Ireland
There once was a “beard tax” in England (and in Russia), those who payed the tax were given a token
The last emperor of Mexico was offered a chance to escape execution, but he felt that shaving his beard to avoid recognition would ruin his dignity
