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Somehow, thinking back about history lessons brings back nothing but a feeling of insurmountable boredom. Yup, the history lessons we’ve had at school brought no joy with all the dates of historical events and horribly bland teaching. Thankfully, later on, the internet was invented (kidding, we’re not that old here!), and we found out how exciting and jaw-dropping our history truly is! And, to share this discovery with you, we’ve compiled a list full of the coolest and the most incredible historical facts. Yup, some of these cool facts are definitely unbelievable, but you’ll see that for yourself.

So, this list will take you down the road of the unexplained as some of these weird historical facts seem to be related more to aliens than to humans. However, if kooky isn’t really your cup of tea, this list also boasts a myriad of fun historical facts. You know, something that wasn’t oh so funny when it actually happened, but now, in retrospect, it looks purely hysterical. In fact, these pieces of interesting history might shed a whole new light on humanity for you! Not necessarily its good part, but exciting nonetheless.

Now, the main question here is this - are you ready to dig deeper with these interesting historical facts? If so, then scroll on down below and check them out! Be sure to give the most unbelievable facts your vote and share this article with all the history buffs you know.

#1

Portrait of Marie Curie Marie Curie, the famous nobel prize-winning physicist’s notebook still can not be handled safely as it is still radioactive.

sciencealert.com , Henri Manuel Report

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    #2

    Man in white T-shirt counting quarantine days on paper The word 'quarantine' comes from 'quarantena', meaning “forty days” in 14th century Venetian. The Venetians imposed a 40-day isolation of ships and people arriving in their lagoon during the Black Death.

    mcgill.ca , cottonbro studio Report

    PandaRave
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nowhere near enough time when the fleas and rats can keep mating and spreading. Poor Venetians had the right idea, but just no idea how to really do it.

    #3

    Since 1945, all British tanks have been equipped with tea-making equipment and facilities.

    warisboring.com Report

    Henry Russell
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    imagine if in a middle of a british civil war tea time happened

    Wilf
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    True its called a BV (boiling vessel).

    ItsJess
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I dream of making a good cup of tea, it always tastes sort of bitter even if I brew it for a short period of time. My mouth always feels fuzzy after I drink it.

    Jihana
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It largely depends on the quality of the tea. Also, do you mean black tea? For green tea you'd have to let the water cool down.

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    lara
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What kind of facilities? And is it a septic system or just go as you go?

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    #4

    Marble bust of Cleopatra VII of Egypt wearing a royal diadem from ca. 40-30 BC Cleopatra was not Egyptian.

    history.com , Louis le Grand Report

    Nathaniel
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Her family was Greek, she was born in Egypt.

    Timmy Pillinger
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She was the first Pharaoh in her Dynasty to speak Egyptian.

    Timmy Pillinger
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The ptolemies were not good at original baby names. All the men were called ptolemy. The women got a choice of Cleopatra or Arsinoe

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    #5

    Charlie Chaplin in movie 'Modern Times' (1936) Charlie Chaplin enrolled in a Charlie Chaplin lookalike competition and he came 20th in rank.

    Chaplin and American Culture: The Evolution of a Star Image , amazon.com Report

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    #6

    Portrait of a man, said to be Christopher Columbus Columbus didn't actually 'discover' America. The Vikings' had early expeditions to North America around the year 1000 A.D.

    npr.org , Metropolitan Museum of Art, online collection (The Met object ID 437645) Report

    Nathaniel
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There were already people there, before the Vikings. I think they discovered it before the Vikings.

    Kailey Findley
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So, what I'm hearing is, next time I'm asked by a teacher "who discovered America?" I'm saying "not Columbus you lying b****es".

    lara
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually, they have found a specific type of Japanese pottery in caves along the Ecuadoran coast that dates back before AD.

    Kate
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A style very similar to Joktan pottery.

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    #7

    The Germans and British soldiers paused the war for a day during Christmas Day 1914. They sang, drank and celebrated together.

    history.com Report

    $cagsy
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They also held a football match which the Germans probably won on penalties.

    Donnie Mc00
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this should read a very few German and British soldiers. it certainly wasn't that many in the scale of an army.

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    #8

    Doctors used heroin to treat cough.

    medicine.yale.edu Report

    Nathaniel
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It would be harder to find something that was NOT treated with Heroin.

    ItsJess
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do you suffer from woman's troubles? Heroin. Are you experiencing bouts of dropsy? Heroin. Is quinsy getting you down? Try heroin.

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    Νεφέλη Δρόσου
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Still today actually. Well kind of. I once had a very severe cough and was prescribed codeine.

    Kate
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Codeine is still used for that.

    liz MacClain
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Codeine, a common caught suppressor is a derived from the poppy, which is where heroine comes from

    #9

    Camels laying on ground in the background of the pyramids of Giza The pyramids of Giza were built when pre-historic woolly mammoths were still walking the earth.

    britannica.com , Pradeep Gopal Report

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    #10

    'The Starry Night' landscape painting by Vincent van Gogh painted in 1889 Vincent van Gogh painted his masterpiece "The Starry Night" in 1889, the same year that Nintendo formed as a corporation.

    vincentvangogh.org , Google Arts & Culture Report

    lara
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They made playing cards.

    LilDuck (she/they)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Got gonna lie I thought he was like the 1700’s 😅

    #11

    The 1928 Olympic Stadium, designed by Jan Wils, won the gold medal in architecture at the 1928 Olympics The Olympics used to award medals for art.

    olympics.com , en.wikipedia.org Report

    Scout Finch
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They should bring this back! Art rules!

    Fat Harry
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think the problem is that art is too subjective. It's easy to tell which runner is the fastest, but deciding which picture is the best isn't so clear cut.

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    #12

    Portrait of sitting Thomas Edison Thomas Edison didn't invent the light bulb.

    britannica.com , loc.gov Report

    Scout Finch
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He stole a lot. He was a @#%&#&.

    Brent Amador
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    🎶look it up, Edison was a d**k!🎶 Family guy

    #13

    A lot of history's disasters were caused by sleep deprivation.

    npr.org Report

    Deborah Harris
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I read this as sheep deprivation ... I guess I need more sleep :D

    Tammy Guerrero
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's why I keep telling people to put me to sleep!! LOL

    Henry Russell
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    wow that alot even though most of them i get

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    #14

    Illustration of Ching Shih in a fight in 1836 One of the most successful pirates in history is a woman - Ching Shih.

    atlasobscura.com , en.wikipedia.org Report

    Scout Finch
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would measure my success by the size of my booty. I'll be here all week.

    Timmy Pillinger
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Quantum sarcasm: both of straight answer and a silly one at the same time

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    Desiree McKinnon
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She is represented in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. At the gathering of the pirate lords in Shipwreck Cove, Mistress Ching

    Szirra
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How exactly do you measure success in piracy?

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    #15

    There is more time separating Stegosaurus and Tyrannosaurus Rex than Tyrannosaurus Rex and us.

    usgs.gov Report

    PandaRave
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Paleontology makes things so lame. I just wanted a reality where Cavemen, Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and stegosauruses duked it out during the Ice Age but instead the timeline is so boring.

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    #16

    Portrait of Pope Gregory IX Pope Gregory IX declared war on the cat population.

    historycolored.com , commons.wikimedia.org Report

    Nathaniel
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pope's always be warring on the scourge of pussy.

    Kitten Fenerty
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This lead to the black plague! Pope Gregory believed that cats carried Satan’s spirit around and, therefore, were not to be trusted. This led to the superstition that Black cats are unlucky. In fact, during the years 1233 – 1234, there was mass extermination of cats by those loyal to the Church and the Pope. Some historians believe that people killed so many cats to cause a wave of the Plague; this then led to believe that Satan caused the Plague due to being furious that so many of his cats were killed. Looking back at history, we can understand that the rats flourished because so many cats were killed. But, little did they know it; it was the fleas on the rats which carried the Plague.

    Octavia Hansen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Was this right before the plague, or during the sweep?

    #17

    In the battle of Pelusium, the Persians knew that Egyptians worshipped cats and were forbidden to kill them. So the Persians used them as shields.

    worldhistory.org Report

    Potato Panda
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't worry, they didn't actually use real live cats, they just painted cats on the sheilds

    Alias Delfs
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

    PandaRave
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don’t worry, the Egyptians didn’t think it was worth it to hit the cat pictures on the shields. So instead their army was slaughtered and a few cities were pillaged

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    #18

    In Renaissance France, a woman could take her husband to court if he was impotent.

    jstor.org Report

    Scout Finch
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Next on Judge Judy....All rise.... That's why we're here, your Honor.

    Kim Kermes
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also in medieval England. The court was very... hands on.

    #19

    RMS Titanic departing Southampton on April 10, 1912 The 1985 discovery of the Titanic stemmed from a secret United States Navy investigation of two wrecked nuclear submarines.

    nationalgeographic.co.uk , Francis Godolphin Osbourne Stuart Report

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    #20

    Soldiers sick with Spanish flu at a hospital ward, Camp Funston, Fort Riley, Kansas In WW1 an estimated 37 million people lost their lives and in the last year of WW1 the Spanish flu broke out. The flu took an estimated 50 million lives worldwide.

    cdc.gov , National Museum of Health and Medicine Report

    lara
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And they are still not sure of the total number. Excellent book by John Barry "The Great Influenza."

    Kim Kermes
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I encountered this book a year before Covid. I was prepared.

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    Hugh Cookson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wrongly named 'Spanish' Flu actually came from America. The Spanish, who during WW1 had no news censorship (whereas the rest of Europe and the US did) and broke the story to the World ; as a consequence it was wrongly dubbed 'Spanish' Flu.

    #21

    The Tusculum portrait of Julius Caesar 46 BC was 445 days long and is the longest year in human history. Nicknamed the annus confusionis, or “year of confusion”, this year had two extra leap months inserted by Julius Caesar.

    uh.edu , en.wikipedia.org Report

    Timmy Pillinger
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Roman elections were at a fixed time I'm but the chief priest who was elected got to decide on any leap days weeks or months so they sometime altered when the election was by adding time to the calendar

    lara
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He was very a**l expulsive, evidently.

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    #22

    During the Victorian period, it was normal to photograph relatives after they died.

    bbc.com Report

    Scout Finch
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Isn't that wild? It also was really expensive. Watch "Ask a Mortician" on YouTube. She has an episode about it.

    Henry Russell
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    a pose a picture with grandma and grandpa #hanging with the dead fam

    Peter Kovak
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Anyway, it was easier, because they didn't move during the exposure, which, in those times, was reeeeally long!

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    #23

    Portrait of Albert Einstein in 1947 Albert Einstein could’ve been the president of Israel.

    britannica.com , en.wikipedia.org Report

    The pizza girl is here!
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Israel has prime ministers, not presidents. They also have presidents but he wasn't offered that.He denied the offer, he was offered it because he was jewish. Instead of him, David ben gorion was the first prime minister of Israel.

    #24

    Space travel was first proposed in the 1600s.

    nasa.gov Report

    pamela nichols
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did anyone or nation try to build a spaceship?

    #25

    Hiroo Onoda (right) offers his military sword to Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos (left) on the day of his surrender, 11 March 1974 A Japanese soldier never realized WWII was over until 1974.

    bbc.com , Malacañang Palace Report

    Deborah Harris
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's actually true I remember reading about it years ago, Hiroo Onoda, he hid out in the Phillipines with 3 others after the war ended for the rest of the World. It took his former captain/commander to find him and relieve him of his duty to make him desist arms

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    Nathaniel Heider
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I heard about him he was on a small island and hey didn't stop fighting until his old senior officer ordered him to stop

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    #26

    Buddhist monks used to mummify themselves alive.

    atlasobscura.com Report

    $cagsy
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They changed the system after some monks reported difficulty in mummifying themselves when they were dead.

    Caroline Sinclair
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Very few actually achieved it: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokushinbutsu

    lara
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This has spread to a great many students.

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    #27

    Mauritania National Flag Mauritania is the world’s last country to abolish slavery, and the country didn’t make slavery a crime until 2007.

    qz.com , aboodi vesakaran Report

    lara
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It may be a crime everywhere but it is still "practiced".

    PandaRave
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel so bad for citizens of Mauritania because they’ll die completely unknown since nobody knows wtf Mauritania is. Wait….is this even a real place?

    #28

    Portrait of Robert G. Heft, the designer of the current United States 50-star flag, on December 5, 2009 A 17-Year-Old high school student designed the current U. S. flag.

    americanhistoryco.com , Gage Skidmore Report

    #29

    The Leaning Tower Of Pisa in Pisa, Italy The Leaning Tower of Pisa was never upright.

    leaningtowerpisa.com Report

    Vix Spiderthrust
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mussolini tried to fix it by pouring concrete into the foundations, which made it worse.

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    #30

    Pineapples In 18th Century England, pineapples were a status symbol.

    bbc.com , Justine Alipate Report

    $cagsy
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They're gonna be again with the rate that inflation is going up.

    Sarcastic and Proud
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They actually didn't eat them. They were displayed until they rotted

    Antonia
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah! And they really costed a lot for it too.

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    LilDuck (she/they)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ha, well I have 2 pineapples! Yeah, i know.

    Hugh Cookson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Of course they were, idiot. Have you ever tried growing a Pineapple in a cold, wet, bleak environment ?

    D-m Keilman
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And now they are a sign that folks are swingers.

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    #31

    Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896 is generally considered to be the shortest war in history, lasting for a grand total of 38 minutes.

    historic-uk.com Report

    Henry Russell
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the british went bombed the palace with only one casualy for them and 500 for the zanzibar . the palace was immediatly destroyed and a white flahg was raised above what was left of the palace

    #32

    Nördlingen, Luftaufnahme (2016) Nordlingen is a German town built inside a 14 million-year-old meteorite crater.

    smithsonianmag.com , Wolkenkratzer Report

    #33

    Before alarm clocks, knocker-uppers was a profession where they had to go and wake up by knocking on the doors of the townsman houses.

    bbc.com Report

    Catpawsarethebest
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Always wondered how the knocker-uppers knew when to wake up. Did they have other knocker-uppers? Who might also have knocker-uppers? Maybe those knocker-uppers were people who went to bed late and they woke up the next set of knocker-uppers so they could be awake to wake the later knocker-uppers and so on?

    Lane Bass
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How was your morning? Great, I got knocked up!

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    #34

    4% of the Normandy beaches are made up of shrapnel from the D-Day Landings.

    bldgblog.com Report

    #35

    John F. Kennedy, Anthony Burgess, Aldous Huxley, and C.S. Lewis all died on the same day.

    medium.com Report

    #36

    Portrait of Marie Antoinette (1755-1793) 100 imposters claimed to be Marie Antoinette’s dead son.

    history.com , en.wikipedia.org Report

    Scout Finch
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How did they talk if they were dead?

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    #38

     Richard Nixon flashes his iconic "victory" sign in Paoli, PA during his triumphant presidential campaign Richard Nixon was an extremely talented musician. He played five instruments in total: piano, saxophone, clarinet, accordion, and violin.

    history.com , Ollie Atkins Report

    #39

    During the Great Depression, people made clothes out of food sacks.

    en.wikipedia.org Report

    lara
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Flour sacks, actually. The flour companies began printing lovely designs: flowers, colorful butterflies, that type of thing on the bags because they knew people were using them. The sacks were very well made, tightly woven and very useful.

    Timmy Pillinger
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Quite a lot of other times and places people did this. Apparently it was still a thing in Yorkshire in the 40s and 50s.

    MoMcB
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mum made sheets from flour sacks in the 60s and 70s. I remember it. The cotton was very soft, but could be boil washed

    #40

    A genuine and realistic c.1595 portrait of queen Elizabeth I by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (c.1561/62–1636) In her later years, Queen Elizabeth I’s teeth were black and decayed from too much sugar.

    sciencedirect.com , Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger Report

    Laner
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    3 years ago

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    Now they are all black

    #41

    The oldest surviving film 'Roundhay Garden Scene' The world’s oldest film is only 2 seconds long.

    historyofinformation.com , Louis Le Prince Report

    Henry Russell
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    its just people walkign in abackyard

    Kathryn Clark
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is that the one with people in a backyard?

    The pizza girl is here!
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And it's of a horse galloping, they used that film to tell if the horse has all 4 legs in the air at one point in the gallop(they do)

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    #42

    In 1834, ketchup was sold as a cure for indigestion by an Ohio physician named John Cook.

    bestfoodfacts.org Report

    vglw
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ketchup gives me heartburn.

    #43

    Mr. Potato Head Funny Face Kit, 1952 The first toy advertised on TV is Mr. Potato Head.

    bigcommerce.com , National Institutes of Health Report

    #44

    The first one GB hard drive was made in 1980 and had a price of forty thousand USD.

    mydatarecoverylab.com Report

    Ashley Conover
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To give you an idea for reference, in 1994, the computer I used mostly, had a 400 MB hard drive. So, even in 1994, 1 GB was a lot, but certainly not impossible. So, $40K 24 years earlier, sure. In 1980 though, tapes were more commonly used for large data storage. There was a time of divergence though when the UK was mostly tape and the US was disk, due to Sony making disk drives and being big in the US. For example, there is a lot of 8 bit software that was written to normal audio cassettes. You can put them in a tape player and it's similar to modem sounds. also, in 1994, a cdrom had about 650-800 MBs of storage, which was twice as big as the hard drive on that PC. Can you imagine only a few years later what CD burning brought to the table when the prices started finally coming down. -My best friend's response. He's a computer geek. He can build them, write programs, etc.

    #45

    Hollywood sign One of the reasons Hollywood moved from New York to Los Angeles is to escape Thomas Edison’s patents.

    jstor.org , Alex Barnes Report

    Jessica Wood
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also because the climate allowed them to film year round.

    Bewarethere@gmail.com
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It used to be Hollywood land. Look it up. I've seen the old sign on documentary s and Carroll Burnett. She talks about it in her biography

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    #46

    The Titanic ready for launch The shipbuilders Harland and Wolff insist that the Titanic was never advertised as an unsinkable ship.

    britannica.com , Robert Welch Report

    $cagsy
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    'Hello, Harland and Wolff here. Yes, we have a lovely ship for sale. Will it sink, you say? Um... yes... it might. Why do you ask?'

    #47

    In the Salem witch trials, the accused witches weren’t actually burned at the stake. The majority were jailed, and some were hanged.

    history.com Report

    Lace Neil
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Giles Cory refused to enter a plea to the charge of witchcraft so that his children would get his money and not the church, as would have happened when he was found guilty of witchcraft. His last words were, "more weight". He may have been crushed to death, but he died an innocent man.

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    #48

    Former U.S. President Bill Clinton lost the nuclear launch codes.

    bbc.com Report

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    #49

    Photograph of President Truman giving Winston Churchill, who is smoking a cigar, a picture from the 1945 Potsdam Conference Winston Churchill smoked 8 to 10 cigars a day.

    biography.com , National Archives and Records Administration Report

    Laner
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A little bit to much I think

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    #50

    The British Royal Air Force accidentally sunk a ship full of holocaust victims in 1945.

    theconversation.com Report

    lara
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are questions as to whether or not it WAS an accident. The people were on their way to what was then called Palestine and GB was more concerned with Arab attacks than they were in saving people.

    pamela nichols
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So why would they sink a ship of Holocaust survivors?

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    #51

    Anne Frank and Martin Luther King Jr. were both born in 1929.

    britannica.com , britannica.com Report

    The pizza girl is here!
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So.. they're roughly the same age? Something doesn't add up for me here timeline-wise

    Hugh Cookson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, Anne Frank died in Bergen Belsen concentration camp in 1945 aged 17 (no date of death is recorded), Dr King was born 5 months earlier and was murdered in April 1968 aged 39.

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    #52

    Statue of Gandhi Gandhi wrote Hitler a letter imploring him to rethink the war.

    time.com , Prashant Purbey Report

    PandaRave
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gandhi had the worst takes during WWII. The douche was wondering why the Jews didn’t just give themselves up and why Britain stopped appeasing Germany

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    #53

    England’s king George I was actually German.

    britannica.com Report

    Nathaniel
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What an amazing "fact" ffs, given all of European royalty marrying each other, most of our Kings and Queens could be considered foriegn.

    Timmy Pillinger
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Given that almost every Dynasty of English monarchs were foreign at least to start with this isn't surprising. So far we've had Danish, French Viking(Norman), Angevin/Aquitainian, Welsh, Scottish, Dutch and German.

    Lace Neil
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He also couldn't speak a word of English.

    Jackson Clark
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He was also the grandson (maybe great-grandson)of Anne of Denmark, who was the Queen of king James I/VI of Scotland and England

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    #54

    Turkey Turkeys were once worshipped like gods.

    history.com , Kranthi Remala Report

    Laner
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thanksgiving was banned for the eternity by Turkey God

    #55

    The former head of Cuban intelligence, Fabian Escalante, told a British documentary team the CIA had tried to kill Fidel Castro more than 600 times, over a period of about 40 years.

    abc.net.au Report

    Stefan Muntean
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If this is true then CIA is really incompetent

    Chris Haws
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or Cuba had an excellent counter-Intelligence team

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    #56

    Portrait of Jeannette Rankin Jeannette Rankin was the first woman elected to congress before women could vote.

    history.house.gov , Bain News Service Report

    #57

    The Soviet Union and the United States were supposed to go to the Moon together during the Cold War.

    history.com Report

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    #58

    Ancient pharaoh sitting monument in Egypt Egyptians used slabs of stones as pillows.

    egypttoday.com , AussieActive Report

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    #59

    Portrayal of Genghis Khan in a 14th-century Genghis Khan created one of the first international postal systems.

    cambridge.org , en.wikipedia.org Report

    pamela nichols
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Considering how vast his empire was it makes sense.

    #61

    Women were once banned from smoking in public.

    history.com Report

    Michael Pippa
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    EVERYBODY should be banned from smoking in public.

    Timmy Pillinger
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The number of things women have been banned from doing suggests that over the course of History there were a lot of them and they were quite popular.

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    #62

    The U.S. government poisoned alcohol during prohibition.

    prohibition.themobmuseum.org Report

    Paul Pallansch
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's the hardware store kind. They didn't want people getting drunk off it, thus, denatured alcohol.

    #63

    Portrait of Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln is in the Wrestling Hall of Fame.

    nwhof.org , Alexander Gardner Report

    Nathaniel Heider
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The dude was tall and strong no wonder

    Colin Brackenridge
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He was a skilled amateur wrestler. The hall of fame is in Ames, Iowa so not the pro wrestling one.

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    #64

    The automobile was first invented and perfected in Germany and France in the late 1800s.

    history.com Report

    Timmy Pillinger
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Arguably the first automobile was invented in Cornwall at the beginning of the 19th century by Richard Trevithick. It was steam powered slow and clunky and there's a reason why later pioneers are remembered and and he isn't.

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    #65

    The Great Molasses Flood killed 21 people and injured 150 others in Boston.

    history.com Report

    $cagsy
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A witness said: 'I don't know what went wrong. It all happened so fast.'

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    #66

    Historians became a professional occupation in the late 19th century.

    jstor.org Report

    Jessica Wood
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Technically one of the duties of bards was to preserve history through oral storytelling.

    #67

    Parliament House Althing in Reykjavík The world’s oldest parliament is from Iceland and is called Althing.

    britannica.com , Jóhann Heiðar Árnason Report

    Vix Spiderthrust
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The world's oldest *continually operating* parliament.

    Captain Awesome
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Althing is a Viking tradition of public meeting and worship that dates back MUCH further than that...

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    #68

    Portrait painting of William Henry Harrison The shortest term for a U.S. president was only 2 months.

    whitehouse.gov , James Lambdin Report

    The pizza girl is here!
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Here in Israel, we had a prime minister for 2 weeks

    Hugh Cookson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good - now can you persuade the current lot to stop being ghastly to the Palestinians who, after all have been in your part of the World for a bloody sight longer than you have ?

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    Lace Neil
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Our shortest serving prime minister was Liz Truss; seven weeks.

    #69

    Since the end of WWI, over 1,000 people have died from leftover unexploded bombs.

    smithsonianmag.com Report

    Szirra
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Left over from WW1? There were some other wars with left overs after, including a lot of landmines all over the globe. This needs clarification.

    stijn maertens
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Living in Flanders... There's a special military team still operational here to go and pick up the bombs accidentally dug up by farmers. WWI ammo. All of it. They're called dovo, and they have work every day.

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    #70

    Julius Caesar was stabbed 23 times.

    education.nationalgeographic.org Report

    Timmy Pillinger
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Which for sixty conspirators isn't very many

    basil
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And yet only one is believed to be fatal. Julius Caesar's autopsy is the oldest recorded one we have

    Panda Boi
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "I got your back" Marcus Junius Brutus 44 bc

    #71

    Mary actually had a little lamb.

    modernfarmer.com Report

    $cagsy
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    True, but it met a grisly end. Mary had a little lamb, She tied it to a pylon. 10,000 volts shot up it's a**e and turned it's wool to nylon. True story.

    Deborah Harris
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mary had a little lamb, It didn't have a Willie. Mary made a big mistake, In calling this lamb Billy.

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    Nathaniel
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Another lazy list of facts.

    Widdershins66
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mary had a little lamb, she also had a bear, I've often seen her little lamb, but never seen her bare!

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    #73

    Sparkler and U.S.A flag July 4th isn't the real Independence Day.

    constitutioncenter.org , Stephanie McCabe Report

    Nathaniel
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Depends in the country. And it is the day the USA celebrates independence.

    MOONIE
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think it was implied for the United States. . . like they weren't talking abt every country. . . .

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    heather morris
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was adopted on 7/4/1776 but wasn't signed until 9/2/1775

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    #74

    In 1913 Stalin, Hitler, Trotsky, and Tito all lived in Vienna for a couple of months.

    bbc.com Report

    Markus Weiler
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why didn't they kill the Austrian then?

    #75

    When the USS Indianapolis was sunk by a Japanese submarine on 30 July 1945 survivors were left in the water for four days, during which time around 600 men died of exposure, dehydration, and shark attacks. Estimates of the number who died from shark attacks range from a few dozen to almost 150.

    smithsonianmag.com Report

    Kim Kermes
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They were returning from delivering the A bombs to Tinian Island, a very secret mission. Part of the reason for the delay in rescue is that secrecy. Interesting story.

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    #76

    Napoleon took an estimated 150,000 horses with his army as he rode into Russia in 1812, only an estimated 1,600 came back.

    history.com Report

    #77

    Mickey's first appearance in Steamboat Willie (1928) Walt Disney didn't draw Mickey Mouse.

    kcur.org , amazon.com Report

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    #78

    In WWI French made a fake Paris to try and fool German bomber pilots.

    npr.org Report

    #79

    The Dutch declared a war against the Royalists but no battles happened. It went on for 335 years.

    atlasobscura.com Report

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    #80

    Close-up photo of lottery ticket The earliest known lottery was during the Chinese Han Dynasty between 205 – 187 BC.

    lotterycritic.com Report

    #81

    In 1710, Native American leaders traveled to Britain to visit the Queen.

    npg.si.edu Report

    pamela nichols
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Native American leaders thought white men were men of honor. Broken treaties after broken treaties prove almost fatal. Annihilation was their goal. The quest for ownership of everything is the ultimate goal.

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    #82

    Marie Antoinette never said "Let them eat cake."

    history.com Report

    Szirra
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She looked like she could have said it and that was enough for the time.

    Fiona De Franco
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Brioche. Not cake. And she probably didn't.

    Gilmore Girls
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, it first appeared in text when she was fourteen

    #83

    Portrait painting of Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson had a vulgar parrot.

    washingtonpost.com , Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl Report

    Timmy Pillinger
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are so many vulgar things about Andrew Jackson why not just have one more

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    #84

    Joseph Stalin edited photos for censorship.

    history.com Report

    #85

    The Kentucky meat shower is still unexplained.

    scientificamerican.com Report

    Bob La Capra
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Kentucky meat shower was an incident occurring on March 3, 1876, when what appeared to be chunks of red meat fell from the sky near Olympia Springs in Bath County, Kentucky. The most popular explanation is that a group of vultures regurgitated their meals after being startled into taking flight. The exact type of meat was never identified.

    Jason D'Ammo
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I give my wife a Kentucky Meat Shower a few times a week.

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    #86

    Between 1900 and 1920, Tug of War was a legitimate event at the Summer Olympics.

    olympics.com Report

    #87

    A depiction of a fox tossing tournament of the early 18th century Fox Tossing was once a popular sport.

    historycollection.com , en.m.wikipedia.org Report

    Deborah Harris
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    and now the Tossers hunt the Foxes instead ....

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    #88

    Pope Pius II’s 'The Tale of Two Lovers', an erotic novel, was the 15th century’s most popular book.

    museumfacts.co.uk Report

    Hugh Cookson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As is most of the established church regardless of the bent ....

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    Wes Ouzts
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Got the idea from his concubines, I am sure

    #89

    Portrait painting of Paul Revere Paul Revere never actually shouted, "The British are coming!"

    history.com , John Singleton Copley Report

    MOONIE
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    sooo. . What happened. See, yall just be saying "this didn't happen like this :/" then never explain its kinda sus

    Jackson Clark
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He just warned that the British were on the way. They're just saying he didn't just ride through towns screaming the British are coming, because the loyalists would have told the British minuetemen were organizing

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    Paul Pallansch
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The riders would've said, "The regulars are coming!", as the colonists in New England were all British subjects. Regulars refers to the men of the regular English army, not the local militia men.

    Nathaniel Heider
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He actually went to certain houses to tell the people important about it

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    #90

    Thanksgiving, as most Americans have been taught is not exactly accurate. In truth, native people did not willingly hand off their country to the invaders.

    smithsonianmag.com Report

    Blitzø
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reeeeaaaallllyyyyyy???? /s

    Lace Neil
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "We cannot break bread with you. You have taken the land which is rightfully ours. Years from now, my people will be forced to live in mobile homes on reservations. Your people will wear cardigans and drink highballs. "We will sell our bracelets by the roadside. You will play golf and enjoy hot hors d'oeuves. My people will have pain and degradation. Your people will have stick shifts. The gods of my tribe have spoken, they have said, 'do not trust the pilgrims, especially Sarah Miller.' "And it is for all these reasons that I have decided to scalp you, and burn your village to the ground."

    Jen D.
    Community Member
    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was taught in school that Thanksgiving was celebrated to remember a time when the white settlers were provided food by the local tribes during a period of near-famine as they were coming into the cold season. Whether or not that's true is debatable, but I was never taught that it was celebrated for them 'giving' us any land.

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    #91

    White concrete buildings near the Aegean Sea in Mýkonos, Greece, during daytime The Aegean Sea owes its name to a man who jumped in it and died.

    santonet.gr , Johnny Africa Report

    Blitzø
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Agean, the father of Theseus, jumped from his castle into the sea to kill himself after Theseus failed to raise white sails on the ship he returned to inform his father he was still alive. Assuming his son was dead, King Agean jumped from the palace roof in despair.

    #92

    The supposed Iron Maiden torture device never actually existed.

    livescience.com Report

    Timmy Pillinger
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No it existed alright - along with lots of a fake mediaeval stuff the Victorians made

    Captain Awesome
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Depends if you're a fan of their music!

    Wes Ouzts
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I call BS. Saw one in 1968 on school trip to Rothenberg, Germany.

    Wes Ouzts
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Saw one in Rothenberg Germany on school field trip 1968. Some of these history anti facts are suspect.

    #93

    The earliest known bronze gun, that employed gunpowder, was from the early Yuan dynasty and dates back to 1332.

    depts.washington.edu Report

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    #94

    The Circus Maximum in Rome is still the largest capacity sports arena ever built.

    britannica.com Report

    Pixie
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    150.000 spectators, according to Wikipedia

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    #95

    Silver fork on white ceramic plate Using forks used to be seen as sacrilegious.

    leitesculinaria.com , Julian Wallner Report

    Nathaniel Heider
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's why my sister uses her 👏👏👏

    #96

    Drawing of Jonathan Chapman, aka Johnny Appleseed Johnny Appleseed was real.

    history.com , en.wikipedia.org Report

    Karuma Tenshi
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    His real name was John Chapman. He introduced apple trees to several parts of the United States as well as Ontario

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    #97

    Humanity received the first extraterrestrial signal in 1977.

    astronomy.com Report

    Nathaniel
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not at all true. This "fact" refers to the famous Wow signal, for which we have not got an explanation for. We have been receiving extra-terrestrial signals since the dawn of time, given background radiation and signals from stars. If, by extra-terrestrial you mean alien intelligence then no, we are not aware of any extra-terrestrial aliens.

    Henry Russell
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    another thing i will like to add was once there was time when everytime during lunch a signal will appear that would appear it was from space turns out it was the microwave

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    Oerff On Tour
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The proof that intelligent extraterrestrial life exists, lies in the fact that they never contacted earth

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    #98

    John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, Founding Fathers and the 2nd and 3rd Presidents of the United States respectively, died within hours of each other on July 4.

    history.com Report

    Jackson Clark
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    John adams last words, not knowing Jefferson had died earlier in the day, was to tell Jefferson that he was the greatest friend he (Adams) had ever had

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    #99

    George Washington opened a whiskey distillery after his presidency.

    smithsonianmag.com Report

    Captain Awesome
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd drink too if I had to govern that s**t show of a country

    Marcus Lynch
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Best President Ever! Clinton was later kicked out of it for repeatedly wandering off the tour.

    #100

    The 1929 Wall Street crash did not cause a rash of suicides.

    history.com Report

    Blitzø
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I haven't been this entertained since the stock market crash of 1929!!! Ahahaha, so many orphans! ((reference don't downvote me smh))

    #101

    The oldest Bible is over thousands of years old.

    codexsinaiticus.org Report

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    #102

    Helicopter hieroglyphs were once found in an Egyptian petroglyph.

    atlasobscura.com Report

    Nathaniel
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No. Hieroglyphs in the shape of what we would recognise as a helicopter has been found in a petroglyph. The hieroglyph is NOT a helicopter.

    Jackson Clark
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah new hieroglyphs were written over old ones

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    Szirra
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Could have been a dragonfly.

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