Roman women would use lead and crocodile dung, among other things, as make-up.
Fact of the Day
Quote of the Day
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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~ Socrates
On This Day
1541 John Calvin returned from exile to Geneva to reform the church and introduce the Protestant doctrine of Calvinism.
1743 Britain, Austria and Sardinia signed the Treaty of Worms. Britain hoped it would reduce French influence over Austria.
1899 American real estate agent Henry Bliss was struck by a taxicab in New York. The next day he became the first recorded person to die in a motor vehicle crash in the United States.
1946 Amon Göth, German SS commandant of Kraków-PÅ‚aszów concentration camp, was hanged. He had been convicted of war crimes, homicide, and 'personally killing, maiming and torturing a substantial, albeit unidentified number of people'.