And your humanities professor would be absolutely correct. http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/11-things-you-may-not-know-about-ancient-egypt "Along with King Tut, perhaps no figure is more famously associated with ancient Egypt than Cleopatra VII. But while she was born in Alexandria, Cleopatra was actually part of a long line of Greek Macedonians originally descended from Ptolemy I, one of Alexander the Great’s most trusted lieutenants. The Ptolemaic Dynasty ruled Egypt from 323 to 30 B.C., and most of its leaders remained largely Greek in their culture and sensibilities. In fact, Cleopatra was famous for being one of the first members of the Ptolemaic dynasty to actually speak the Egyptian language."
The Chico, California, City Council enacted a ban on nuclear weapons, setting a $500.00 fine for anyone detonating one within city limits.
According to laws.com... In Louisiana a woman's' husband has to wave a flag in front of her car before she can drive it anywhere. This law is still on the books. Kentucky once had a law that said if a driver encountered a horse and rider on the road, and the horse was frightened by the car, the car owner was required to take the car apart and hide the pieces until the horse went away.
Sherlock Holmes never said "Elementary my dear." At least not in any of the books or short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle
Ninjas didn't really wear black http://news.yahoo.com/video/whoknew-historical-inaccuracies-060000279.html