History

Carbonara Did Not Exist Before the Second World War. It is Believed to Have Originated from US Military Supplies of Eggs and Bacon During That Time. October 13, 2022

George Washington Lost as Many Battles as He Won. But, He Was The Master of the Tactical Retreat and Accepted Tactical Defeats While Working Towards the Strategic Victory. October 4, 2022

General Dwight D. Eisenhower Found Victims of the Nazi Concentration Camp. He Anticipated That There Would Be Attempts to Deny What Had Happened, So He Ordered All Possible Photos to be Taken for Evidence. October 4, 2022

King James I Strongly Objected to the Cultivation of Tobacco in British Colonies. He Claimed That it was Harmful to the Brain and Dangerous to the Lungs. This was 350 Years Before the US Reported that Smoking Had Negative Effects on Our Health. September 30, 2022

Rudolf Vrba and Another Man Escaped from Auschwitz. They Hid in a Hole Outside the Inner Perimeter Fence for Three Days and Got Away on the 4th Day. September 29, 2022

There are Around 50 to 60 Blue Faience Hippopotamus Statuettes That Survived Ancient Egypt. Due to the Danger Hippos Pose in the Wild, the Legs of the Statuettes were Snapped Off Before Placing Them in Tombs to Prevent the Hippos from Eating the Souls of the Dead. September 22, 2022

Huan Nguyen is the Highest-Ranking US Military Officer of Vietnamese Descent. He is the Only Survivor of a Family Whose Killer was Photographed Being Shot in the Head in a Pulitzer-Winner Photograph. September 22, 2022

According to Quantum Physicist Niels Bohr, The Person who Draws First in a Gun Dual Loses. This is Termed as the Gunslinger Effect. September 19, 2022

Pocahontas and Squanto were Both in London Within a Two-Month Period in 1617. Pocahontas Lived with the Treasurer of the Virginia Company, and Squanto Lived with the Treasurer for the Newfoundland Company. September 19, 2022

The Capitol was Designed to Have George Washington’s Tomb on Public Display. Both Houses Passed Bills Saying He Should be Buried There. After an Attempted Theft of His Head, the Project was Cancelled. September 15, 2022

The Distance of a Mile was Defined by Ancient Roman Armies Marching One Thousand Paces. The Nautical Mile is Based on the Size of the Earth. September 14, 2022

During the Second World War, the United States Published a Spy Manual Urging Middle Managers in Enemy Territory to Sabotage their Employers. September 13, 2022

Goose Pulling is the Practice of Tying Greased Live Geese Onto a Pole. Riders on Horseback will Then Attempt to Grab the Bird by the Neck and Pull Their Heads Off. September 11, 2022

Toyotomi Hideyoshi Built an Entire Castle in Secret. It was Near a Castle He Had Put Under Siege. After 80 Days, He had the Trees Covering Cut Down, Which Made it Seem Like a Castle Had Sprung Up Overnight. September 11, 2022

Lysistrata is an Ancient Greek Comedy Where Women Withheld Sex to End a War. September 11, 2022

Caligula is Known as the Most Mad Roman Emperor. His Name was Given to Him By His Father’s Soldiers While Being on Campaign with Them in Germania. His Name Means “Little Boots". September 10, 2022

Roman Emperors Never Ate Pasta. The Consumption of Pasta was First Recorded in Italy in the 13th to 14th Centuries. September 9, 2022

Contrary to Popular Belief, Johnny Appleseed Planted Apples to Manufacture Booze and Sell Land to Pioneers and Not Help Spread the Fruit Across the United States. September 7, 2022

Cigarettes were Intended to be a Woman’s Cigar Since Smoking a Cigar was Considered Unladylike. September 6, 2022

World War II Spitfires Only Had 20 Seconds Before Running out of Ammo. Its Representation in Movies was Wildly Inaccurate. September 5, 2022