- Queen d and Babil onia my Semira had 50 slaves who were dedicated exclusively to the care of her beauty .
- To cover his notorious baldness, the wife of Charles I, Elizabeth of Bavaria was a hairstyle that ended in a very long cone hanging fine gauze. The hairstyle became very popular among the noble ladies of the fourteenth century, so that the cone was higher, the aristocrat was the head that wore it.
- Some scientists suggest that mental weaknesses of certain Roman emperors like Nero and Caligula, could have been aggravated by the ingestion of lead from the welding residual plates and glasses.
- Henry I of Castile died in 1217 from a blow to the head with a stone thrown by some kids I was playing.
- The Duke of Wellington (1769 - 1852) was addicted to opium, which she consumed to recover from hangovers.
- Catalina poisoned the pages of a book he gave to Henry IV, for this die to move the pages wet finger in saliva. However, was mistaken as his own son, Charles IX, was who did it and died.
- It is said that the mistress of Louis XV, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour, spent his lifetime more than six million francs of that time, in perfumes.
- When John II of Portugal died in 1495, citizens were forbidden to shave for six months.
- Peter the Great imposed on the boyars (nobles) reading a book that taught the most basic standards of education, including not using the knife to clean his teeth nor the forefinger to same with the nose. This King himself ordered beheaded his wife's lover and the metieran in a bottle with alcohol. Forced the queen to put it in a conspicuous place in his bedroom.
- Pepin the Short (715-768) carrying a sword almost a foot taller than he, of 1.83 meters. This king of the Franks had a height of 1.37 meters, but was feared for his courage and his skill with the iron.
- Princess Elizabeth, daughter of Catherine I of Russia (1684 - 1727), attended along with other girls of the court dances of transvestites to get drunk. At that time, women could not drink alcohol at parties.
- Napoleon Bonaparte was excited surreptitiously stroking the soldiers in the field ...
Reference:
"The Book of Unusual ... but true"
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