Game of Thrones author George RR Martin bought the first ticket to attend the first comic con in New York in 1964.
The Mongol invasions killed so many people that the result was a global reverse climate change, cooling the planet.
Eton College once provided free education to poor boys. Now it quite literally does the opposite.
"Don't depend too much on anyone in this world because even your own shadow leaves you when you are in darkness." ~ Ibn Taymiyyah
The ancient Romans considered trousers to be effeminate.
Dogs look at you while doing their "business" because they feel most vulnerable at that specific point. As do we all, dogs. As do we all.
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