Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman to graduate from medical school in the United States
Moondyne Joe escaped from prison so many times that the government had to build a special “escape-proof” cell for him
Dyrehavsbakken amusement park in Denmark is the oldest amusement park in the world
The Book of Kells is the finest masterpiece in Ireland
In 1977 Argentina sent a pregnant woman to Antarctica in an attempt to claim partial possession of the continent
The Hammersmith Ghost – Legal precedent of mistaken belief haunts lawyers for 200 years …
Leona Harriet Woods was the only female member of the team which built the world’s first nuclear reactor …
Elizabeth Freeman essentially ended slavery in Massachusetts
The Voronet Monastery- a medieval Romanian monastery known as “The Sistine Chapel of the East”
The oldest winery in the world is 6100 years old & it’s located in a cave in Armenia
