Historical Happenings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Historical Happenings

1. The Hundred Years' War actually lasted for 116 years.

2. The Roman Emperor Domitian liked to spend hours catching flies.

3. Thomas Edison, inventor of the light bulb, was afraid of the dark.

4. Queen Elizabeth I of England bathed regularly---about four times a year!

5. During the California Gold Rush, some people paid $100.00 for a glass of water.

6. Leonardo da Vinci drew the first designs for flying machines and submarines in the 15th Century.

7. In the year 2000, Pope John Paul II was named an Honorary Harlem Globetrotter.

8. A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 68 years!

9. In 1982, Larry Walters tied 45 weather balloons to a lawn chair and rose to 16,000 feet.

10. Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone.