23 Aug
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5 Oct
11 Surprising Facts about Silver
…use of silver? The earliest recorded use of silver dates back thousands of years. Historians believe that silver was first used by ancient civilizations such as the Egyptians around 3000…
3 Apr
13 Eggciting Facts About Easter
…The custom of giving eggs at Easter has been traced back to Egyptians, Persians, Gauls, Greeks and the Romans, for whom the egg was a symbol of life. FAQs about…
17 Feb
12 Hyperactive Facts about Hyenas
…case. 6. Humans have been preying on hyenas for a long time. Humans have killed hyenas for centuries. Ancient Egyptians are known to have enjoyed them on their menus! 7….
29 Mar
Howzat! 14 Mind-Stumping Facts About Cricket
…has played test cricket for two separate nations other than his own. John Traicos was born in Egypt, however, he’s played cricket for South Africa and Zimbabwe. However, Iftikhar Ali…
7 Mar
10 Outrageous Facts about The Ottoman Empire
…it was under Suleiman I’s rule. During that time, the empire went from the Persian Gulf in the east to Hungary in the west, Egypt in the south, and to…
25 Aug
12 Notable Facts about Nicosia
…of Ptolemy 1 of Egypt. Ledra, or Lefkosia, was the capital of Cyprus for some time before Nicosia was adopted. Lefkosia appears in Greek mythology, too! This was the name…
16 Dec
16 Hot Facts about Hangovers
…Hangover cures vary all over the world. In Mongolia, it is believed that eating pickled sheep eyes offers a remedy for hangovers. In Ancient Egypt, it was thought that wearing…
10 Jan
10 Perfect Facts about Prince Philip
…midshipman – and helped to aid in the Allied Expeditionary Force transfer from Australia to Egypt. 6. Now that’s a wedding gift! As a wedding gift to Queen Elizabeth II,…
11 Mar
29 Peaceful Facts About Petra
…the Treasury. You cannot enter into the Al Khazneh. 13. The stuff of legends One story tells that the Egyptian Pharaoh escaped the closing of the Red Sea, along with…
13 Feb
11 Feisty Facts about Ferrets
…They were trained to descend down holes and pull out rodents and rabbits. It’s thought they were even kept by the Ancient Egyptians! Can you train a ferret? Yes -…
17 Aug
11 Top Facts about Taxidermy
…to ancient Egypt, where bodies were first preserved. There are even traces of it in the UK, France, and other countries. In fact, the Golden Age of taxidermy was in…
16 Aug
9 Constructive Facts about Cement
…example, even the Ancient Egyptians used a form of concreted to help build pyramids – however, it’s thanks to cement and concrete that we have monuments such as Rome’s pantheon….
26 Aug
57 Surprising and Random Facts
…13. Here’s a mind-bending time fact. Queen Cleopatra’s reign in Ancient Egypt is closer in time to the 1969 moon landings than to the actual building of the Great Pyramid…
26 Mar