Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish conquistador who led during the first half of the 16th century the expedition that would begin the conquest of Peru. He is recognized for having taken over the Inca empire, and for the level of mistreatment and subjugation to which he exposed the indigenous people.

It is believed that the person who introduced potatoes to Europe was Sir Walter Raleigh, to whom the English repaid the favor by beheading him in 1618.

Troy is a 2004 American-British epic film based on the Greek epic poem The Iliad by Homer, but also includes material from its sequel, The Odyssey, also by Homer, and The Aeneid by Virgil, as well as other sources.

The Moon was formed some 30 million years after the formation of the Earth, as a result of a colossal collision between a protoplanet and the Earth.

Bioluminescence is the process by which living organisms produce light; it is therefore a widespread phenomenon at all biological levels: bacteria, fungi, unicellular protists, coelenterates, worms, mollusks, cephalopods, crustaceans, insects, echinoderms, fish, jellyfish.

Tintin traveled alone once to India, chasing opium traffickers.

In the Asterix the Gaul comics, Asurancetrix is the village bard, who is a controversial artist, since his singing is horrible, to the point of scaring everyone away.

The coelacanth, which is a fish that was thought to have become extinct along with the dinosaurs 66 million years ago, but was unexpectedly found alive in 1938. This species lives in ocean depths of up to 800 meters, and is believed to live up to 100 years.

Although there is no solid evidence that snakes swallow people, some evidence of this was found on the island of Fiji in the southern Pacific Ocean.

Ants are known for their extraordinary power, their strength varying among different species. It is believed that weaver ants can lift up to 300 times their own weight.