Count Lovelace, the mother of the computer program
The Nazis passed a number of really strict animal protection laws in 1933
Egypt no longer can afford to search for ancient treasures as it closes historic museums
Take-out restaurants existed in ancient Rome and were called “thermopolia”
King Harald V of Norway vowed to remain unmarried for life unless he could marry his true love, the daughter of a cloth merchant – She became the Queen of Norway
Forget about the Space Race, there was a Drilling Race during Cold War and the Russians drilled the deepest hole humans have ever made
Fish Wheelswere so effective and therefore banned in the United States because they threatened the salmon population
Japanese woodblock prints depicting North Americans visiting Yokohama in the 19th century
The Slav Epic was Alphonse Mucha’s Art Nouveau masterpiece. He was arrested by the Gestapo in 1939.
Odd facts about death in Victorian England …
