History Facts
History is rich with fascinating and sometimes unbelievable things, so learn more about it with this regularly-updated list of history facts.
Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
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A baboon called Jackie became a private in the South African army in World War I.
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Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an ingredient in their toothpaste.
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Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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At age 18, the Queen of England was a mechanic for the British Military.
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Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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Che Guevara suffered from asthma!
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Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
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Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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Contrary to popular belief, the first ironclad warships were built by Korea in the 16th century.
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During the 1600's, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old.
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During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
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Everton FC used to be called St Domingo's FC!
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February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon.
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Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
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Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.
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If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
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In 1976 an LA secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50 pound rock in a ceremony witnessed by more than 20 people.
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