20 Facts That Are Like A Road Trip To Knowledge Town

It had all started with an itch on the back of his neck. At first, it had seemed to be a tick, a minor inconvenience he'd ignored for a time. However, as days passed with no respite, he knew that something was wrong. The itching had turned to throbbing, and the throbbing to sharp pains in the center of his scalp, where the itch resided. He'd tried everything—scratching at the spot, smacking the top of his head, even rubbing a bit of toothpaste into his skin and letting it sit for a time—but nothing worked. It wasn't until he saw a picture of the Sphinx that he finally figured out what it was.

The Sphinx was one of those strange creatures found across ancient Egypt; and suddenly, when he saw the picture of the Sphinx, he somehow knew, without being able to say how he knew, that the whole thing had to be connected with that weird list of facts he'd learned recently. The list went …