Titanic the movie takes 40 minutes longer to watch than it did for the actual boat to sink.
King Alfonso of Spain (1886-1931), was so tone-deaf that he had one man in his employ known as the Anthem Man. This man's duty was to tell the king to stand up whenever the Spanish national anthem was played, because the monarch couldn't recognize it.
The Aztec Indians in Central America used animal blood mixed with cement as a mortar for their buildings, many of which still remain standing today.
In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
