History Facts
History is rich with fascinating and sometimes unbelievable things, so learn more about it with this regularly-updated list of history facts.
The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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The last time American Green cards were actually green was 1964.
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The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!
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The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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The oldest patented company logo is the red triangle of Bass beers!
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The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
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The Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
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The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
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The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
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The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
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There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
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To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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