40 Random Bits of History That, Like Your Therapist, Unearth All Kinds of Forgotten Happenings

History itself shouldn’t be blamed for events getting played up, played down or even swept under the rug. That’s humanity’s fault right there. There’s an old saying that history is written by the victors, and in that historical retelling, there are probably a lot of regrettable little tidbits that were conveniently left out of the story. 

We’ll be as unbiased as possible today, though. Good, bad or wildly strange, we’re making up for humanity’s frivolity and telling it like it is!