Heroin was once used as a cough medicine.
The first ancestor of today’s horse lived 50 million years ago. It was 30 cm long and 25 cm high. It had on its front legs four fingers and on his hind legs three fingers.
The first sewing machine was invented by a British inventor Thomas Saint in 1790 and it was used for sewing leather.
Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland. The reason for the prohibition was the fact that Donald Duck does not wear pants.
Scientists claim that every 14 days one language dies. By the end of the 21st century, it is likely that almost half of the approximately 7.000 languages will disappear.
The Mongolian khan and the Chinese emperor went hunting with 500 falcons and an entourage of 10.000 people.
