The Egyptian New Year

 

The ancient Egyptians had a New Year’s Day too!

The ancient Egyptians had many festivals dedicated to their gods and goddesses like the Heb-Sed festival, Festival of Opet and many more. However, did you know that they had a New Year’s Day too?! The New Year’s Day was called ‘Wepet Renpet’. But unlike our festival which is celebrated on 1^st January, ‘Wepet Renpet’ was celebrated when the flooding of the Nile river took place, usually in July.

 

Vikings loved grooming!

When we think of a Viking man, we always seem to think of a big, strong and burly man! But did you know that Vikings were one of the cleanest people of their times! Some of the Viking fashions of their time were, dying their hair blonde and dying their beards in various colours! They even had instruments like tweezers and ear spoons to clean their ears!

 

The Nobel Peace Prize is named after the inventor of dynamite!

The Nobel Peace Prize is an award that goes to people who have worked towards peace. However, did you know the Nobel Peace Prize is named after the inventor of dynamite?! Alfred Nobel was a scientist who worked on the invention of explosives like dynamite, gelignite and ballistite. We would imagine someone who invented weapons of mass destruction, would never be someone the Nobel Peace Prize is named after. But the prize was named after Alfred Nobel as he left a large sum of money for the founding of the prize.