Fun Historical Facts

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If a man was caught kissing a women in public in medieval Italy, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.

In 13 BC when Egypt conquered Libya, they took over 13,000 penises of there conquered enemies as trophies.

During World War two, the first bomb dropped on Berlin killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo.

Only eight people died during the Great fire of London in 1666.

Vice-president Andrew Jackson took his presidential oath while he was drunk.

In 13 BC Egypt didn't exist, it was a Roman province, unless that was a typo.

Whoops, I meant 1300 BC

In ancient Egypt, people shaved there eyebrows as a sign of mourning when there cats died.

Spider webs were used to get rid of warts during the Middle ages.

In the 1800's, if you tried to commit suicide and failed you faced the death penalty.

the knights templar used to eat people they killed.
Radulph of Caen wrote:
“In Ma`arrat our troops boiled pagan adults in cooking-pots, they impaled children on spits and devoured them grilled.”

During the First World War the German Government protested against the use of shotguns by the American Army. This protest is based upon article 23(e) of the Hague convention respecting the laws and customs of war on land. Article 23(e) simply calls for comparison between the injury or suffering caused and the necessities of warfare. It is legitimate to kill the enemy and as many of them, and as quickly, as possible . . . . It is to be condemned only when it wounds, or does not kill immediately, in such a way as to produce suffering that has no reasonable relation to the killing or placing the man out of action for an effective period.

Ancient Egyptians used slabs of stone as pillows.

The highest ranking American solider killed in World war 2 was killed by friendly fire.

In World war 2, following a massive naval and air bombardment, over 35,000 American and Canadian soldiers stormed ashore the Japanese held island of Kiska, this resulted in 21 casualties for the Canadian and American forces, even though the Japanese had left the island the month before.

Out of the 40,000 men who served on U-boats during WWII, only 10,000 returned.

During WWI, hamburgers in the U.S. were dubbed “Liberty Steaks” to avoid the German-sounding name.

After the sneak attack at Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt searched for a bulletproof car. However, because government regulation prohibited spending more than $750 to buy a car, the only one they could find was Al Capone’s limo, which had been seized by the Treasury Department after he was arrested for tax evasion. FDR said, “I hope Mr. Capone won’t mind.”

Wow just wow.

Beethowen's last words were:Applaud friends the comedy is over.

During World War II, Uncle Ben's was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.

My father died about 1 month before I was born.

Why you felt the need to post that is beyond me. Are you feeling sad? I'm not feeling sad.

No they didn't. Your source is inaccurate. Like, really, really inaccurate.