ADVERTISEMENT

Trivial Nuggets

venivedivici

Member Well-Known
Gold Member
Dec 18, 2005
55,254
106,005
113

Cleopatra’s reign was closer to the moon landings than the Great Pyramid being built.​


4% of the Normandy beaches are made up of shrapnel from the D-Day Landings.​


In Ancient Rome, urine was used as a mouthwash.​

This is because urine contains a very high ammonia content, and ammonia is one of the most powerful and readily available natural cleaners on this planet!


Spartans were so rich that nobody had to work.​

A large part of this was because of their use of Helots, the enslaved population of the territories rules by Sparta.


Shakespeare originated the “yo momma” joke.​

In his play, Titus Andronicus, one of the characters, Chiron, exclaims, “Thou has undone our mother,” to which another character, Aaron, replies, “Villain, I have done thy mother.


What else you got?
 
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
  • Member-Only Message Boards

  • Exclusive coverage of Rivals Camp Series

  • Exclusive Highlights and Recruiting Interviews

  • Breaking Recruiting News

Log in or subscribe today