Crushing mice was thought to be a remedy for toothaches and earaches by the ancient Egyptians. They would apply the diseased area with mashed dead mice mixed with other substances. In extreme cases, people have used an entire dead mouse to treat a terrible toothache.
Kuyili is famous for committing suicide in 1780. While attacking an East India Company fort, she smeared ghee on her body, set herself ablaze, and plunged into the East India Company's armoury, ensuring Velu Nachiyar's triumph.
Because they had not updated to the Gregorian Calendar, the Russian Olympic team arrived 12 days late to the 1908 London Olympics.
A long-disputed island between Denmark and Canada, which alternates flags and liquor bottles on a regular basis. Hans Island is a bleak, uninhabited island in the Arctic with no known oil or natural gas reserves. A bottle of Canadian Club is left by the Canadians, and a bottle of schnapps is left by the Danes.
There were about 40 contestants, and Charlie Chaplin entered the competition under a false identity as a joke. He imitated his well-known Hollywood persona. He did not, however, win; he finished 27th in the tournament. Chaplin entered a look-alike contest in France in 1975, some years before his death.
Doctors employed spider webs to produce bandages for their patients in ancient Greece and Rome. Spider webs are said to have antibacterial and antifungal characteristics, which can help keep wounds clean and infection-free. Spider webs are also known to be high in vitamin K, which aids in clotting.
Every day for breakfast and dinner, scientists had to cycle to Thiruvananthapuram railway station. Bicycles were also used to transport some rocket pieces to the launchpad. India successfully launched its first rocket on November 21, 1963.
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