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Interesting facts.

Third Class

  • Stone Age people thought that severe headaches were caused by evil spirits in the head. They carefully cut a hole in the head to release the spirit. Some people actually survived! ....Daniel and Jamie

 

  • Mammoths looked like hairy elephants with huge curvy tusks. They lived in cold parts of the world. ....Dervla and Katelynn

 

  • Rich Romans loved to have big parties and feasts. They used to keep one room as a vomitorium. Guests who were full and wanted to eat more would go into the room to make themselves sick and then rejoin the group for more food..... Ellen

 

  • Hannibal was an enemy of Rome. He led 40,000 men and 40 African elephants to attack Rome. However many men and lots of elephants died crossing the snowy Alps. ....Mike and Shane

 

  • Romans used prisoners for fighting wild animals in the amphitheathre. ....Cian and Dan

 

  • Roman men wore a toga. Roman women wore a stola and fancy jewellery. ....Gianne and Rachel

 

  • Julius Caesar was born in a 100BC. He was a great soldier. He became the most powerful man and sole leader of Rome.....Grainne and Colm

 

  • Many years ago kings and queens ruled India....Adam and Sameer

 

  • In India bananas have different colours and most are much smaller than ours..... Rachel and Chetachi

 

  • There is only one place in India where it snows and that is in the North East of the country. There it snows heavily. ....Molly and Niamh