History Facts

    Random History Facts

    There are 163 History Facts!

    Pirate Jean Lafitte Countered Governor's $500 Bounty for Him with a $5,000 Bounty for Governor
    When pirate Jean Lafitte saw the governor advertising a $500 reward for his capture, Lafitte offered $5,000 for the capture of the governor.
    73
    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
    Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
    341
    The flushing toilet was invented in 1596, not by Thomas Crapper as most people think, but by Sir John Harington.
    98
    Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
    44
    The ancient Egyptians thought the function of the brain was to produce snot.
    16
    The time interval from first sighting of the iceberg that sank the Titanic to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
    105
    A B-25 bomber airplane crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
    30