History is a vast subject to be sure. And with so little time to cover it all, plenty of things get swept aside in favor of the bigger stories like World War II and the Louisiana Purchase. Those things are certainly interesting stories, but they’ve got nothing on these wacky facts we dug up.

Turns out there’s a lot more to history than we previously thought.
1. Albert Einstein could have been president of Israel when it was formed, but he declined.
2. Before dentures were invented, teeth were pulled from the mouths of dead soldiers for use as prosthetics.
3. Roman Emperor Gaius, also known as Caligula, made one of his favorite horses a senator.
4. There’s a giant mushroom in Oregon’s Malheur National Forest with a root system that covers over 2,200 acres, making it the largest living organism in the world.
5. In 1929, researchers at Princeton University claimed that they had turned a living cat into a telephone.
6. Heroin was once a perfectly acceptable medicine prescribed by doctors for everything from coughs to headaches.
7. While Pope Gregory IX was in power, he declared that cats were to be associated with devil worship and had them exterminated in droves.
8. It’s believed that the disappearance of those cats cats helped rats spread the bubonic plague, or Black Death, that killed hundreds of millions of people in the 1300s.
9. Chinese women used to painfully bind their feet to make them appear smaller and more feminine.
10. The shortest war in history was the Anglo-Zanzibar War. It lasted just 38 minutes.
11. Former North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il was said to be a great lover of music and composed six operas while he was in office.
12. The Leaning Tower of Pisa was actually never straight to begin with. The foundation began to sink when they started on the second floor.
13. Researchers believe that the famous Guanajuato Mummies’ terrible expressions are the result of the victims being buried alive
14. Ronald Reagan is best known for being President and acting in numerous films, but he was also a prolific lifeguard, who saved 77 people from drowning.
15. Klerksdorp spheres are strange objects that have been dug up near Ottosdal in South Africa. The spherical objects are billions of years old and no one has been able to fully explain the markings on their sides.
16. A famous native American named Blackbird was said to have loved his horse so much that he was buried sitting on top of it.
17. Before there were alarm clocks, there were “bosoms-up”, who were hired to shoot dried peas from a blow gun at people’s windows in order to wake them up in the morning.
18. The largest bird ever to exist had a wingspan of almost 20 feet. It lived 60 million years ago.
19. Russian mystic Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin reportedly survived being poisoned, shot, and stabbed numerous times before he was finally drowned in the Volga river.
20. People in Spain used to employ a form of torture called the Spanish Donkey. Victims had to sit high up, straddling a board while torturers tied increasingly heavy weights to their legs. Ouch!
21. Speaking of torture, the Mayans used to sacrifice people by pulling their still-beating hearts out of their chests.
22. The use of the word “hooker” as a term for a prostitute actually originated with Civil War General Joseph Hooker, who brought prostitutes along on campaigns for his men.
25. Like many ancient royalty, King Tut’s parents were related. They were actually brother and sister, according to DNA taken from his mummified body. He was also disabled and probably had malaria.
26. Russian dictator Joseph Stalin often had photos retouched to remove people who had died or been removed from office.

Even if you’re a history buff, I bet you didn’t know most of these bizarre facts. Makes you wonder what other secrets the past holds!

Wow!!! Mind-blowing!!!

Good to know

Cocaine used to be added in Coca-Cola hence the name coke

Very educative.

Joseph Stalin dey vex sha

thumbs up bro

micfoley:
Very educative.

Joseph Stalin dey vex sha

he did what had to be done if not Russia would have been a mouse trapped in a corner.

Nice...

Albert Einstein knows the foundation of isreal is wrong hence declined

Interesting fact

Mcreloaded:
Cocaine used to be added in Coca-Cola hence the name coke

kestolove95:
Interesting fact

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Henryabuja:
Which kind lie be this na

Not a lie!
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Henryabuja:
Which kind lie be this na

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27. Nigeria is being governed by an immortal .. A president that gets younger with age.

Interesting.

gnykelly:
Albert Einstein knows the foundation of isreal is wrong hence declined

whats wrong with the foundation of israel

May of them are lies too

gnykelly:
Albert Einstein knows the foundation of isreal is wrong hence declined

Rubbish talk

nice facts

Interesting

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Was Einstein a Jew?

Mcreloaded:
Cocaine used to be added in Coca-Cola hence the name coke

Even if this level no real. I go stil believe am. Coke na die. Whenever am out, dry and weak. One bottle dey wake me up like am on drugs. Others softdrinks dont do that.

Coke na lowkey alcohol

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TheFACELESS133:
History is a vast subject to be sure. And with so little time to cover it all, plenty of things get swept aside in favor of the bigger stories like World War II and the Louisiana Purchase. Those things are certainly interesting stories, but they’ve got nothing on these wacky facts we dug up.

Turns out there’s a lot more to history than we previously thought.
1. Albert Einstein could have been president of Israel when it was formed, but he declined.
2. Before dentures were invented, teeth were pulled from the mouths of dead soldiers for use as prosthetics.
3. Roman Emperor Gaius, also known as Caligula, made one of his favorite horses a senator.
4. There’s a giant mushroom in Oregon’s Malheur National Forest with a root system that covers over 2,200 acres, making it the largest living organism in the world.
5. In 1929, researchers at Princeton University claimed that they had turned a living cat into a telephone.
6. Heroin was once a perfectly acceptable medicine prescribed by doctors for everything from coughs to headaches.
7. While Pope Gregory IX was in power, he declared that cats were to be associated with devil worship and had them exterminated in droves.
8. It’s believed that the disappearance of those cats cats helped rats spread the bubonic plague, or Black Death, that killed hundreds of millions of people in the 1300s.
9. Chinese women used to painfully bind their feet to make them appear smaller and more feminine.
10. The shortest war in history was the Anglo-Zanzibar War. It lasted just 38 minutes.
11. Former North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il was said to be a great lover of music and composed six operas while he was in office.
12. The Leaning Tower of Pisa was actually never straight to begin with. The foundation began to sink when they started on the second floor.
13. Researchers believe that the famous Guanajuato Mummies’ terrible expressions are the result of the victims being buried alive
14. Ronald Reagan is best known for being President and acting in numerous films, but he was also a prolific lifeguard, who saved 77 people from drowning.
15. Klerksdorp spheres are strange objects that have been dug up near Ottosdal in South Africa. The spherical objects are billions of years old and no one has been able to fully explain the markings on their sides.
16. A famous native American named Blackbird was said to have loved his horse so much that he was buried sitting on top of it.
17. Before there were alarm clocks, there were “bosoms-up”, who were hired to shoot dried peas from a blow gun at people’s windows in order to wake them up in the morning.
18. The largest bird ever to exist had a wingspan of almost 20 feet. It lived 60 million years ago.
19. Russian mystic Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin reportedly survived being poisoned, shot, and stabbed numerous times before he was finally drowned in the Volga river.
20. People in Spain used to employ a form of torture called the Spanish Donkey. Victims had to sit high up, straddling a board while torturers tied increasingly heavy weights to their legs. Ouch!
21. Speaking of torture, the Mayans used to sacrifice people by pulling their still-beating hearts out of their chests.
22. The use of the word “hooker” as a term for a prostitute actually originated with Civil War General Joseph Hooker, who brought prostitutes along on campaigns for his men.
25. Like many ancient royalty, King Tut’s parents were related. They were actually brother and sister, according to DNA taken from his mummified body. He was also disabled and probably had malaria.
26. Russian dictator Joseph Stalin often had photos retouched to remove people who had died or been removed from office.

Even if you’re a history buff, I bet you didn’t know most of these bizarre facts. Makes you wonder what other secrets the past holds!

Very informative and educative.

Thanks.

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cruxgemmata:


Even if this level no real. I go stil believe am. Coke na die. Whenever am out, dry and weak. One bottle dey wake me up like am on drugs. Others softdrinks dont do that.

Coke na lowkey alcohol

It's true check Google and see for your self.
Them fit still dey add the cocaine because the way come dey wake person up not be here

Mind blowing

There is nothing factual about Number 3. Please remove it in order not to commit the grave sin of miseducating people.

Every historian worth his weight in blood and flesh knowns that what you have up there in number 3 is at best a Myth!

First of all, it wasn't said that Caligula tried to make his horse, Incitatus(that was the horse's name) a "senator". Rather, it was claimed that he tried to make the said horse a *Consul*.

Note, there was a huge difference between a Senator and a Consul in the Roman empire. A Consul was way higher in position than a senator despite his(a consul's) position being ceremonial at best.


But whether it was said that he tried to make his horse a Consul or whatever, just have it at the back of your mind, that the entire story was a myth or a legend at best. The man behind the myth was a Roman historian who went by the name Suetonius.

And it must also be pointed out here that Suetonius was born several years after the death of Caligula. Caligula died in 41AD while Suetonius was born around 69AD. And while Suetonius has often been labelled as pretty decent historian by many, he and several other historians of those times have often been accused or even known to embellish some of their stories in order to garner more readers for their works. Think of them as the typical Nigerian bloggers of those days.

Feel free to go through this article from listverse. Look up Number 5 in the link and see how the story which gave rise to the whole "horse appointment" story was totally debunked by the post.

https://www.google.com/url?q=https://listverse.com/2009/07/23/another-10-common-historical-myths/&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwiy56H6mu3qAhVCRBUIHYG1C8UQFjAAegQIBBAB&usg=AOvVaw3e_5M0fZC2EJKtH-xcqv3W

We must always strive for accuracy before posting these things.

TheGodlessGod:
Was Einstein a Jew?

Yes he was. Albeit a non-observant jew.

He was an Ashkenazi jew. In order words, he was a jew of Eastern European extraction. But hey, he was born a German citizen because his ancestors, like other Ashkenazis, settled in Germany around the medieval period.

So, you see, Einstein was a bona fide jew.