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- Madison Troyer
- The last guillotine and 'Star Wars' The last execution by guillotine in France happened after the premiere of "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope." Adopted by Louis XIV as a humane method of execution, the guillotine remained in use for nearly two centuries, dropping for the last time on Sept.
- Oxford University and the Aztec Empire. One of the most renowned universities in the world, England's Oxford University has existed (in some form) since 1096.
- Fascist Spain and Microsoft. From October 1936 up until Francisco Franco's death in November 1975, Spain was ruled by a fascist dictator (other notable fascist dictators include Mussolini and Hitler).
- The fax machine and the Oregon Trail. The first major wagon train of nearly 1,000 pioneers left Elm Grove, Mo., and set out to follow the Oregon Trail in search of a new future on May 22, 1843.
- Šarūnė Bar
- John Tyler, America's Tenth President, Was Born In 1790. He Has Two Living Grandchildren. So This Means... Report. Final score: 463 points. POST. stellermatt.
- Marilyn Monroe And Queen Elizabeth Were Born In The Same Year. Here They (Both 30 At The Time) Meet At A Movie Premier In London In October 1956. The two were both born in 1926 and once met each other, at the premiere of The Battle of the River Plate in London’s Leicester Square.
- Harriet The Tortoise, Who Died In 2006, Had Seen Charles Darwin In Person. Harriet the tortoise was reportedly collected by Charles Darwin during his 1835 visit to the Galápagos Islands as part of his round-the-world survey expedition, transported to England, and then brought to her final home, Australia, by a retiring captain of the Beagle.
- Woolly Mammoths Were Still Alive While Egyptians Were Building The Pyramids (2660 BCE) Scientists have determined that wooly mammoths were still roaming the Earth until about 1650 BC, the giant creatures could be found on an island off the coast of eastern Russia at the time.
Oct 27, 2016 · On February 20, 1962, he climbed aboard the Friendship Seven and blasted into the atmosphere. While monitoring the Mercury spacecraft, Glenn circled the planet three times in about five hours. But of course, he also spent some time watching the Sun rise and set, rise and set. And then, the fireflies showed up.
Jul 22, 2023 · The Intriguing Tapestry of China’s History. 5. Unfolding the Rich Tapestry of India’s History. 6. Mexico’s Past: A Journey Through Historical Facts. 7. 50 Entertaining Facts from History’s Vault. Discover a different side of history! Explore 50 weird historical facts that will surprise, shock, and fascinate you!
- Bars in Turkey Used to Hire People to Carry Drunk Customers Home in Baskets.
- Sideshow Performer “Lionel The Lion-Faced Man” Just Wanted to Be A Dentist.
- Jack Black’s Mother Was A NASA Engineer Who Helped Save Apollo 13.
- Danish Explorer Ejnar Mikkelsen Survived Two Winters Trapped in The Arctic.
- The Iconic Cartoon “Betty Boop” Was Largely Inspired by A Black Child Performer.
- In The 1958 “Battle of Hayes Pond,” Native Americans Triumphed Over KKK members.
- Calvin Graham Enlisted in The U.S. Navy During World War II — at The Age of 12.
- Three Triplet Boys Were Separated at Birth, But Their Reunion Was Complicated.
- A Man Grew An Entire Self-Contained Ecosystem with One Spiderworts Plant.
- A Mummy Was Once Issued A Passport So It Could Fly to France For Repairs.
If you wandered the streets of Turkey in the 1960s, you may have come across a surprising sight: a belligerent drunk, being carried in a basket on the back of a hunched man. According to Vintage News Daily, these basket carriers were called küfeci— and they were paid to do this. Though it’s one of the weirdest facts from history, the küfeci’s job w...
Speaking of sideshows, another weird history fact has to do with sideshow star “Lionel the Lion-Faced Man,” a young man whose hypertrichosis condition resulted in dramatic hair growth on parts of his body that wouldn’t usually be covered in hair, like his face. His real name was Stephan Bibrowski, and he dreamt of more than performing in “freak sho...
Jack Black is a well-known actor. But his mother, Judith Love Cohen, had an impressive career all her own as an aerospace engineer at NASA. A trailblazing innovator, Cohen worked on the guidance computer for the Minuteman missile, the Abort Guidance System in the Lunar Excursion Module for the Apollo space program, the ground system for the Trackin...
In 1909, Danish explorer Ejnar Mikkelsenset out to explore the coast of Greenland, hoping to prove the Danish right to an island that the United States had claimed. But soon afterward, Mikkelsen’s ship became ensnared in ice — trapping him and a fellow shipmate named Iver Iversen in the Arctic. As Mikkelsen wrote in his autobiography Two Against th...
Though Betty Boop is a well-known cultural icon, the famous cartoon was largely based off a Black child performer named Esther Jones. She’s not well known today, but in the 1920s, Jones delighted American and European audiences with her singing, dancing, and catchphrase “Boop, Boop-a-Doop.” But her act was taken by a white actress named Helen Kane....
In 1958, Ku Klux Klan member James William “Catfish” Cole led the KKK to Maxton, North Carolina, where he hoped to intimidate the largely Native American population. But members of the Lumbee tribe had other plans. After the KKK publicized their rally, the members gathered in a cornfield near Hayes Pond, just outside of Maxton, on January 18th. The...
When Calvin Graham was 11 years old, he decided that he wanted to fight in World War II. According to the Smithsonian Magazine, Graham “didn’t like Hitler to start with.” And the boy was further inspired to fight when he learned that some of his cousins had already died in battle. So Graham, who lived in a rooming house with his brother, practiced ...
When three triplet boys named Edward “Eddy” Galland, David Kellman, and Robert “Bobby” Shafran, were born in New York in 1961, they were each given away to different families. But in 1980, Bobby ended up at the same college that Eddy had dropped out of the previous year. They were soon reunited, and then David got in touch months later — revealing ...
In the 1960s, David Latimer conducted an unusual experiment. After cleaning out a globular bottle, the English man filled it with compost and a seedling. Latimer gave it a little water then, and a little more water years later in 1972. The seedling then grew its own self-sustained ecosystem. It’s a weird fact from recent history, but according to L...
In 1974, the mummy of Pharaoh Ramses II — who died around 1213 B.C.E. — was in need of restoration work. Because French law required every person, living or dead, to have a passport to enter France, Egypt issued him one. According to National Geographic, the passport included a photo of Ramses II’s ancient, shriveled face, and listed his occupation...
- Kaleena Fraga
Jul 15, 2024 · Studying history often means looking at the names of notable figures, the dates of important events, and trends that span decades or more. Through all of this, it's easy to lose sight of things that take place simultaneously in various parts of the world. It can also be challenging to line up...
Apr 8, 2024 · Cleopatra lived nearer in time to the first moon landing than the building of the pyramids of Giza. Incredible as it might sound, Cleopatra (c69–30 BC), the last active ruler of ancient Egypt, was born more than 2,400 years after the completion of Giza’s three main pyramids . (constructed c2550–2490 BC). In 1969, ‘only’ two millennia ...
