History Facts

    Random History Facts

    There are 163 History Facts!

    No one knows who designed the first American Flag.
    45
    During the Gold Rush in 1849, some people paid as much as $100 for a glass of water!
    65
    Knocker-Up
    Knocker-Up
    Until the 1920s, there was a profession called 'knocker-up', which involved going from client to client and tapping on their windows (or banging on their doors) with long sticks until they woke up.
    46
    The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
    91
    In 1976 an LA secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50 pound rock in a ceremony witnessed by more than 20 people.
    49
    Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
    40
    There are pictures of Knights fighting Snails in old Medieval manuscripts - and nobody knows why.
    23
    Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
    262