The ancient city of Polonnaruwa: one of the best planned archaeological relic sites in Sri Lanka
Imago Mundi is the name of the Babylonian map which is the oldest in the world
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
