History Facts

    Random History Facts

    There are 163 History Facts!

    There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
    15
    Allegedly, Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.
    47
    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih, once a prostitute, became one of the most powerful pirates to have ever sailed. She commanded one of the most formidable pirate fleets in all of China during the early 1800s, with hundreds of ships under her command.
    155
    A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
    30
    Leonardo Da Vinci made a robotic lion in 1515 that would walk, sway, open its mouth and move its tail - it even had a compartment that opened to present flowers.
    22
    The Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
    83
    The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
    34
    There was a bear called Wojtek who was adopted by Polish soldiers during WW2. It carried ammunition, wrestled with soldiers, and drank beer.
    40