The Vatican City, which is actually a sovereign state, came into existence in 1929 with the signing of the Lateran Treaty. Since then, the city has been a huge tourist draw bringing millions of visitors every year. However, many of those visitors are not aware of some very surprising facts surrounding the city, from the Vatican's involvement in Watergate to its stance on extraterrestrial life.

In 1954 Chemist Joseph McVicker was working for his mothers company, Kutol Products, who were in the business of manufacturing soap and cleaning products. Joseph had learned from a teacher that many of the younger children found typical classroom modeling clay too stiff to manipulate. He remembered that a non-toxic composition he had created as wallpaper cleaner was easily pliable and could take the place of typical modeling clay used in schools.