…that 200 years ago today the first public railway in the world was officially opened. It ran between Stockton and Darlington in County Durham in the North-Eastern part of England, close to the city of Middlesborough.
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…in medieval Germany, husbands and wives could settle their disputes through “marital duels”. The man fought with one arm tied behind his back in a hole, while the woman wore weighted clothing and used a sack filled with rocks as her weapon.
These “martial duels” were rare, but they were legal.
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…that tonight I’m drin-king Norwegian whisky. Yes, you read me correctly, Norwegian whisky. I can definitely taste that it is not a Scotch, Bourbon or Irish. Then again, it is definitely whisky.
Yes, there is a distillery in Northern-Norway, using mostly the same ingredients to distill whisky as they do elsewhere, only the ingredients are local. Recently my best friend granted me a bottle as a gift, and I have to say I enjoy it 
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…that, The world’s most poisonous snake can kill even an elephant, but there is one animal that survives, the horse!
Did you know? No matter how deadly a snake is, even the fearsome king cobra, a horse doesn’t die from its bite.
After the bite, the horse may become mildly ill for about three days, but then recover completely, as if nothing had happened.
This is one of nature’s most incredible wonders, and hidden within this very creature lies a secret that can save human lives: the antidote.
Thanks to this gentle creature, we are protected from some of the deadliest poisons on earth.
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It would be venomous rather than poisionous as poisons are ingested and venoms are injected. For example, swallowing a cyanide capsule or in the other case, by means of the snake’s fangs. 
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Thanks. I just copied what was on the page.