Historical lateral thinking puzzles

Why is it better to have round manhole covers than square ones?

The woman is speaking something and she is upset. Nobody can understand her but a man is filming her on camera. Why? And what is happening?

Over 80 percent of Greenland is covered in ice. But why then it was called Greenland (a green land)?

Beulah died in the Appalachians, while Craig died at sea. Everyone was much happier with Craig's death. How come?

In the 1940s, a real football game in Brazil ended with an unusual score of 0.5 - 0. What happened?

Bill died and went to heaven. There he saw thousands of people, who all were naked. He was looking around hoping to find someone he knew. And then he saw Adam and Eve. How did he know it was them?

In the 1950s in America there was invented a chicken gun. What for?

Two devices are commonly used by people. They are created for the same purpose. But one of them has lots of details and another does not has any. What are these things?

One person decided to play golf with Nick Faldo, imposing one condition - he will choose the time and the place for a match. Nick agreed. As a result this person beat the champion.

At the end of the XIX century one american enterpreneur invented a system to withstand competition. This system we all use nowadays.

George was late for a math class and misunderstood the teacher. This brought him a reward and recognition! What happened?

An artist took an order to paint a portrait of a very ugly and arrogant woman. Everyone tried to dissuade him, claiming that she wouldn’t pay a penny, because the portrait would be bad. And so it happened. But two days later, the woman returned and begged the artist to sell her the portrait. Why?