1. Seat Belts were installed in early airplanes only after several pilots fell to their death while flying upside down!
2. Each king in the deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David; Clubs - Alexander the Great; Hearts - Charlemagne and Diamonds - Julius Caesar!
3. The pharaohs of Egypt wore garments made with thin threads of beaten gold.
4. The first person to use the elevator was Louis XV! n 1743 his "flying chair" carried him between the floors of the Versailles Palace!
5. In the last 70 days of his life, Vincent Van Gogh painted a picture a day!
6. In 1739, Britain went to war against Spain because a Spanish officer sliced off the ear of a British captain named Robert Jenkins!
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