Real-life German itinerant alchemist, astrologer, and magician of the German Renaissance named Johann Georg Faust (pictured) was the inspiration for Marlowe-Goethe Faust of fictional fame that makes a pact with the Devil, exchanging his soul for unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures.
The Prince Edward Islands in the sub-antarctic Indian Ocean are part of South Africa and are about 955 nmi (1,769 km; 1,099 mi) south-east of Port Elizabeth in mainland South Africa.
American fur trapper and frontiersman Hugh Glass was famed for travelling 200 miles through the wilderness, alone and gravely injured, after surviving a grizzly bear attack during the first third of the 19th Century.
The original Waldorf Astoria on Fifth Ave, New York City sat on the site of the former home of William Waldorf Astor was demolished to build the Empire State Building.
American science fiction and fantasy novella and short story author Zenna Henderson's story "Pottage" was made into a 1971 ABC-TV Movie, "The People", starring William Shatner, Kim Darby, and Diane Varsi.
The Kharosthi script, an ancient Indic script used by the Gandhara culture of ancient Northwest India, was in use from the middle of the 3rd century BC until around the 3rd century AD.
Folic acid is also known as Vitamin B9 with Leafy vegetables being the principal sources of folic acid.
The Persian king Cyrus the Younger, died 401BC, is attributed with inventing the scythed chariot which was a war chariot with scythe blades mounted on each side.
According to the ancient doctrine of signatures, a philosophy shared by herbalists from the time of Dioscurides and Galen, the plant hepatica was useful for treating liver disorders.
The 1st US federal legislation prohibiting narcotics (opium) was enacted in 1909.
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