Leonardo da Vinci made the first draft for the contact lenses. They should have been made of thin glass filled with water...
In 1666, the fire that destroyed most of the city of London, at the same time has ended the plague. Mostly because the fire killed infected rats who were the carriers of the disease.
In one year an average man consumes around 1000 kilograms of food and drinks.
A man in Minks came in to the subway with a remote control and switched to a channel with cartoons so kids could watch cartoons while waiting for the train.
Every year in Great Britain, from the effects of smoking, more than 100.000 people die. That is seven times more than in traffic accidents.
Expansion of a crocodile jaw causes secretion of the lacrimal (tear) gland, and that is how the belief was created that the crocodile was mourning his victim.
