40 Bizarre Bits of Historical Trivia That Were Surgically Removed From Your Textbooks
Your history book’s most interesting set of CliffsNotes
Saving you time and sparing you boredom are two of our most proud accomplishments. The thought of you flipping through some thick, dusty old history book is soul-crushing, so we did it for you. Every time a seriously fun fact popped up, we jotted it down and moved on. Little by little, we gathered up an entire list’s worth, and we’re excited to present it to you now.
Ancient Political Ads
Persia
Ancient Egypt
Source: USA Today
Cotton
Prisoners of War
The Great Plague
Revolutionary War
Uncivil War
Trick or Treating
Facial Hair
Pumping Gas
Film Firsts
Past Predictions
Ancient Rome
Vietnam
Tumbleweed
Cleopatra
King Cao Cao
Japanese POWs
Julius Caesar
Rocky Rhodes
George Washington
Trampolines
The Viking
The Olympics
The National Archives
Traumatizing Babies
Chrysippus
Louis the XIV
Source: Gizmodo
Mt. Tambora
Source: Smithsonian Magazine
Cigarettes
NASA
Iced Tea
Russia
Martin Luther King Jr.
Source: History.com
Hitler
Corkscrews
Uranus
The Polish Plait
The Old-Timey Bicycle Tank
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