The very first U.S. Mint was created on April 2 1792 by the Congress and would produce the first circulating coins one year later, in March 1793. And surely there are coin collectors who ...

1. Born in 1940, Richard Starkey was a very sickly child and nearly died following peritonitus, and about seven years later he came down with tuberculosis. He missed a lot of school, had ...

There is a certain fascination for having a world record even when it comes to museums and collections. The largest body of work signed by a certain artist, the most valuable paintings, the ...

1. It is one of the most successful and popular games of all times. The Angry Birds franchise is also - according to recent studies - one of the most addictive video games in history, as you ...

1. Frederic Chopin was burried with a small urn containing Polish soil, a romantic testament to the devotion to his homeland. No matter his international success the pianist was still very ...

The word robot comes from the Czech, robota, which could be translated as forced labor. Did you know that the very first mobile phone call was made in 1973? On April 3 an employee of ...

1. Although a country legend, Cash was discovered by younger generation mostly due to his inspired and so personal covers of songs by bands which weren't around when he was already famous. ...

1. Harrison Ford became Han Solo mostly by accident. He was working as a carpenter for Francis Ford Coppola, merely fitting a door, when another studio employee asked the young man to help ...

1. If you like a girl in Fiji and want to demand her hand in marriage you must first gift her father a whale's tooth. 2. An old Dutch custom calls for you to congratulate the entire family ...

There is a strange legend about the beautiful Cologne Cathedral, a splendid example of Gothic architecture. According to local lore once upon a time, when the building of the cathedral had ...

1. If you are a parent in California you ought to know that telling you kid not to play in puddles of water is against the law. Literally. 2. In Florence it is forbidden to eat or drink ...

The one and only Marlon Brando recorded lines of dialogue for the Godfather game shortly before he passed away. But unfortunatelly for his fans his speech was already slurred, so the studios ...

1. All the clocks in Pulp Fiction are stuck on the same time - 4:20. 2. This is Spinal Tap was a controversial movie that became a cult-movie, and the first VHS releases even had a small ...

Four decades after the release of their sixth studio album, News of the World - famous at the time for including We Will Rock You and We Are the Champions - Queen is preparing the release of ...

1. Reading is considered to be the best exercise for your brain and more than that: it reduces your stress levels, you learn something new every day, it maintains your memory and helps in ...

The longest national anthem in the world is the Greece's, as it has no less than 158 stanzas which were written by Dionysios Solomos, a famous Greek poet. In 2011 Aimee Davison spent ...

In Terminator 2 you can see not only Linda Hamilton, but also her twin (actually identical twin) Leslie in several scenes. And no, Humphrey Bogart never says "Play it again, ...

The final Beatles live public performance took place on January 30th 1970 on the very roof of the headquarters of the Apple Corps corporation, and to a large degree was more of an impromptu ...

The Great Wall of China is 21,196 km long and no, you can not see it from space, it is just a myth. But still it is the largest structure ever built on Earth. More than 40 percent of the ...