107 ‘Weird History’ Facts That History And Trivia Lovers Might Find Interesting (New Pics)

oh how the turns had tabled

Quite a few lost their lives doing this - deserve the highest respect!

It’s the square called “Torre Argentina”, in the city center of Rome. Cats are roaming around, there is also a cat shelter, and you can buy some merchandise to sponsor shelter, cat food and medications. Highly recommended for cat people visiting Rome!

The first Oscar was supposed to go to a dog. Rin Tin Tin received the most votes for best actor. The Academy held another voting round with humans only. They decided that giving a dog the first Oscar would give the wrong impression. They gave it to a future Nazi filmmaker instead.

There are self portraits by artists from the 16th century doing exactly this. Painting themselves while looking into a mirror. Albrecht Dürer did one of himself in the nude even.

Some people call those sword breakers.

turn her sideways and you can see a young woman

But he couldn't get any aspirin - because the parrots-etamol! Ok I'll see myself out

Complicated confusion!

The backpack looks heavier than the books it would carry!

Love to hear about these historical things about other countries that were not taught in school. Not sure about you guys but in my history classes we mostly focused on the history of our own country, which is too bad really.

Is he alive...?

Those are beautiful.

And your proof that they don't?

Oh what a tangled web we weave when we try to receive!

When a brothel in Pompeii was uncovered, the archaeologists came across rather explicit images and graffiti. Some of the graffiti was: "Thrust slowly", "Euplia was here... with two thousand beautiful men" and list prices: "Euplia sucks for five asses" (which is a currency name).

Now this is clever design

Can you hear the people sing.......

Apparently they still share drugs! ( it's ok shoot me down)

Pink was considered the "little red", red was associated with soldiers and war. Blue on the other hand is considered the colour of the Virgin Mary. Makes you wonder how and why these colours were swapped.

I knew this (from simpsons: "I am also Scotty"), but have not seen a picture of Mr Nimoy in Spock costume smiling until today. Mind blown (edit: I love his smile!)

Reminded me of the book, 1984.

Beautiful work.

gotta agree with Iran on this one

"The body" not "a body". One very specific body "broken for you".

That is awesome

Every new invention or method of gaining independence is "bad for women" 🙄

So how does a baboon tell the criminal it's supposed to catch from other humans?

Cancelling people since the dawn of civilization

Always suspicious of everyone

That is a really beautiful picture

beautiful work

Men in Black 3

The poor elephants!

The Latin language is no dead it is very accurate!

My dogs grandfather was named Satan too.

I've never seen this many cats on a leash. let alone this many cats on a leash who weren't on their side dramatically protesting.

CAVE CANEM! This must be from Pompeji?

They have lasted longer than todays shoes!

Everything seems to be identifiable!

This guy was a genius! He also was a hoot! Apparently at a dinner a woman said if she was married to him she'd poison his tea. He responded If I was married to you I'd drink it!

Dang, good piloting.

"United States servicemen would draw the picture and the text 'Kilroy was here' on the walls and other places where they were stationed, encamped, or visited. An ad in Life magazine noted that WWII-era servicemen were fond of claiming that "whatever beach-head they stormed, they always found notices chalked up ahead of them, that 'Kilroy was here'" (Wikipedia) This is the same story my grandfather used to tell.

I cowered in fear just from looking at this image

No longer accurate. Tree ring data measuring a cosmic ray blast recently pinned their arrival down to exactly 1,000 years ago, in 1021 CE.

This covers my daily dose of nope

I have to express some skepticism here... 1) What likely counts as the very first legitimate online transaction goes to Dan Kohn in August 1994, who creating a website called NetMarket, the Shopify video reports. On August 11, Kohn sold a CD of Sting’s "Ten Summoner’s Tales" to a friend in Philadelphia, writes Peter H. Lewis wrote for The New York Times. 2) However, this (cannabis) exchange doesn’t check all the boxes for e-commerce: it was illegal and money wasn’t transferred online. Instead, the event probably represents the first deal facilitated by the internet.

A lot of these unusual drops are symbolic. Maybe it is meant as a message to the enemy that you are tired of taking shít from them... I seem to remember In WW II, there was a huge fake airport built out of wood by the German military in the occupied Netherlands as a decoy. British airforce, having known this from the beginning, bombed it with a single wooden bomb dummy with the words "Wood for Wood" on the hull.

The working title for the project was "Pylone de 300 mètres de hauteur" - Pylon with a height of 300 meters :)

That’s just depressing

For some reason I'm finding this picture really comforting!

I heard this was true! What bliss if i was true today!

In the US Congress is allowed to use information they learn at work (even when the public doesn't have access to it) to buy and sell stocks and commodity futures. So yeah, pretty much just a corrupt version of the same thing.

I really want to go there now! I love Greek Mythology and have a TON of the stories memorized! I'm happy stimming right now! (I'm autistic)

That is frowned upon today!

Who won!

No hacksaw?

Pretty fûcking badasś

Ah you've met my brother

I hope she won that case. It's simple to prove she's completely armless........... I'll show myself out.

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I wonder what happend to him...

I like how Baltic states are labeled "crazy relatives"; still part of the family

Wasn't he always drunk?

And yet, wildlife is still there.

Could cars back then go over thirty- commercially built ones?