44 Random Bits of Historical Trivia to Stuff Into Your Stovepipe Hat
A life dedicated to history is a funny thing. We feel like we’re walking backwards into the future. Our withered, wrinkled faces prove that time is dragging our bodies along with it, but it can’t take our minds off of the past, now can it?
Time and the rest of you present-day dwellers might be here in whatever year it happens to be right now, but we’re back in Ancient Greece and the Civil War. Here are a few postcards…
Roman Coins
Scooby-Doo
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Robot Jesus
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Settlers of Madagascar
Yakuza Ramen
Arthur John Priest
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Ancient Paper Planes
Caligula
Irish Civil War
The War of the Bucket
Coins
The Pastry War
Jimmy Stewart
The Shortest War
Source: Daily Telegraph
Gum
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Ancient Misconceptions
Ancient Greek Battles
Source: Scientific American
Ancient Roman Public Bathrooms
Source: Smithsonian Magazine
Ancient Advertising
Ancient Egyptian Egg Farming
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Ancient Egyptian Toothpaste
Source: HuffPost
Ancient Rome
Ancient Egyptian Currency
Earliest Pillows
Ancient Greece
Gary Hart
Richard Nixon
Early Hollywood Stuntmen
The Secrets of Isis
Source: Wikipedia
Women’s Suffrage
Betty White
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Hoover Blankets
Therizinosaurus
Source: National Geographic
Hitler's Plan
General Motors and Nazi Germany
Teddy Roosevelt
Hemophilia
Source: National Hemophilia Foundation
The President’s Curse
Elisha Gray
The Manchester Mummy
Lincoln Park
Bored with Peace
The Beer Fast
Norse Skiing God
Source: Rational Heathen