Forty-foot waves generated by the Great Bengal Cyclone of 1737 swamped 20,000 boats and drowned 300,000 people


On this day in 1967 zoologist Desmond Morris stunned the world with the publication of his book The Naked Ape which likened human behaviour to that of the apes


In 1492, Christopher Columbus first set eyes onthe New World, calling it San Salvador. Later that day, he and his crew landed on Watling Island.


The earliest known printed secular song is "Three Blind Mice", published in London today in 1609.

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The selfish, they're all standing in line
Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
Me, I figure as each breath goes by
I only own my mind