The name Wendy was first used in JM Barrie's Peter Pan.

Lady Peseshet of Ancient Egypt (2600-2100 BC) is the world's
first known female physician.

The 16th century Escorial palace of King Phillip II of Spain
had 1,200 doors.

Julius Caesar was known as a great swimmer.

The people killed most often during bank robberies are the
robbers.

Orville Wright numbered the eggs that his chickens produced
so he could eat them in the order they were laid.

On New Year's Day, 1907, Theodore Roosevelt shook hands with
8,513 people.

Alexander Graham Bell never phoned his wife or mother because
they were deaf.

Burt Reynold's father was the chief of police in West Palm
Beach, Florida.

English sailors came to be called Limeys after using lime
juice to combat scurvy.

Leonardo da Vinci could write with the one hand and draw with
the other simultaneously.

Until he was 18, Woody Allen read virtually nothing but comic
books but did show his writing skills. He sold one-liners for
ten cents each to gossip columnists.

Thomas Jefferson wrote his own epitaph without mentioning that
he was US President.

In 1973, Swedish confectionery salesman Roland Ohisson was
buried in a coffin made entirely of chocolate.