The catastrophic Russian famine of 1921-22 killed more than 5 million people
A mysterious organization terrorized Japanese food production companies during the 1980s
Shah-i-Zinda necropolis: a magnificent complex of medieval Samarkand mausoleums
A best-selling book from 1919 was written by a 9-year old
Arthur Guinness signed a 9000-year lease for an abandoned brewery in Dublin: Guinness is still brewed at St. James Gate
Medieval composers were discouraged from using “the Devil’s interval”
Barbara Villiers – The curse of the nation or the most beautiful lady, she was the favorite mistress of King Charles II
In 1814 there was a beer tsunami in London that claimed the lives of eight people
Gray’s Anatomy: A cult human anatomy textbook by Henry Gray
Mark Twain wrote an autobiography & intentionally had it published 100 years after his death
