The History Channel TimeLab 2000: Curious And Illuminating Facts Of History

The 21st century is almost upon us! Impress friends with your knowledge of curious and illuminating facts of history. Complied by the History Channel, this 366-day calendar has little known tidbits about the events and figures that shaped the world. You won't believe the things you'll discover such as: In the 1870's Elija McCoy, and African American engineer, invented the McCoy lubricator which was used to drip oil onto moving machinery. Not only did this little gadget revolutionize mechanical gadgetry, it spawned a figure of speech used to this very day: "Is that the real McCoy?"