10 Fast Facts on Historical Oddities You May Not Have Known

Romans knew they neded tomeone to pray to when the stuck in the toilet and it just wont come out

The apple as marriage proposal probably comes from the legend of the foot race between Hippomenes and Atalanta. She pledged to marry any man who could outrun her (no easy task since she was a demigoddess). Aphrodite gave Hippomenes three irresistible golden apples, which he threw to distract her, and won the race (and Atalanta). Amor (et Venus) vincunt omnia! (Sorry, I don’t know how to say that in Greek!)