Now I Know

1. When Albert Einstein died, his final words died with him. The nurse at his side didn't understand German.
2. John D. Rockefeller gave away over US$ 500,000,000 during his lifetime.
3. Native American Indians used to name their children after the first thing they saw as they left their tepees subsequent to the birth. Hence such strange names as Sitting Bull and Running Water. 
4. In 1969 the shares of the Australian company 'Poseidon' were worth $1, one year later they were worth $280 each.
5. At the age of 12, Martin Luther King became so depressed he tried committing suicide twice, by jumping out of his bedroom window.
6. It is illegal to be a prostitute in Siena, Italy, if your name is Mary.
7. Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never phoned his wife or his mother, they were both deaf.
8. It was the custom in Ancient Rome for the men to place their right hand on their testicles when taking an oath. The modern term 'testimony' is derived from this tradition.