1. Cleopatra believed she was the daughter of Egyptian goddess Isis and the bite of an asp would take her to the gods.

2. Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.

3. Julius Caesar had a son with Cleopatra.

4. Cleopatra's reign was for 21 years, from 51 BC to 30 BC.

5. Cleopatra could speak 9 different languages.

6. In the entire 300-year old Ptolemaic dynasty, Cleopatra was the only Pharaoh who could speak Egyptian.

7. The $44 million budget of the movie Cleopatra is equivalent to $270 million in 1999, thus being the most expensive movie ever made to date.

8. Cleopatra came to power in Egypt at the age of 17.

9. Cleopatra had four children, namely Caesarion aka Ptolemy Caesar (son of Julius Caesar) and Alexander Helios, Cleopatra Selene II and Ptolemy Philadelphus (children of Mark Antony).

10. Cleopatras real name was Auletes!

11. Cleopatra’s Needle was 1,000 years old when Cleopatra was born.

12. Cleopatra wrote a book about make-up.

13. According to some archaeologists, Cleopatra wore a gold mask every night to maintain her youthful looking skin.

14. Cleopatra was actually Cleopatra VII, and was the last pharaoh of Egypt, because Rome took over following her death.

15. Cleopatra made her lipstick from crushed beetles, which gave it a red pigment, and ants which she used for the base.

16. Cleopatra married two of her brothers.