Weird and Random historic facts

[JackSparrow0791]

The Sun never sets on the British Empire

 

[Mickey1122]

People used to sleep sitting uo, which is why historic beds were so small. It's not because people were shorter.

 

[HSMndLKfan92]

Uhh... The world is not flat?

Hah, people used to think that.

 

[Johnny*Depp*lover]

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar

 

[wishspirit]

I have LOADS!

Did you know Herbert Hoover lost the election against Roosevelt with the same amount of votes that it took Lincoln to win?

The Strange world of American Politics!

Also did you know there were actually 6 Tudor Monarchs rather than the 5 everyone thinks. Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, Elizabeth I and Lady Jane Gray. Lady Jane Gray was put on the throne between Edward and Mary (against Henry VIII's will) and lasted only 12 days!

*thinks*

i have loads more, but im brain is too addled by Adraham Linoln and Elizabeth I to think of any more (damn coursework!)

 

[Captain Brain]

The battle of Bunker hill was actually on Breed's hill.

 

[MonorailDude]

The human skin weighs 6 lbs.

Maine is the only state that is one syllable.

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

"Dreamt" is the only "English" word that ends in the letters "mt."

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.

On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American Flag.

The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagra Falls froze completely solid.

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

The average life span of a major league baseball is 7 pitches.

The average "pouring" speed of Heinz ketchup from the bottle: 0.003mph.

In Atlanta, it was illegal to tie a giraffe to a telophone pole.

250 people have fallen off the leaning tower of piza.

In Japan, it is illegal to buy or eat rice grown in another country.

There are at least two golf balls sitting on the moon.

The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.

Illinois Avenue: the most landed-on square in Monoply.

The best team in the MLB is the Chicago White Sox.

A snail can sleep for three years.

If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an average of six months waiting at red lights.

 

[disneyangel7488]

From the years 1840 until 1960, every president elected in a year ending in a 0 died while in office:

William Henry Harrison- 1840- served 1 term- died of natural causes
Abraham Lincoln- 1860- 2 terms- killed
Chester Arthur- 1880- 1 term- natural causes
William McKinley- 1900- 2 terms- killed
Warren Harding- 1920- 1 term- natural causes
Franklin Roosevelt- 1940- 4 terms- natural causes
John F. Kennedy- 1960- 1 term- killed

(Notice any weird patterns?)

 

[HSMndLKfan92]

Bush isn't dead ....


Oh, Hawaii is the only state to never have a recorded teperature below 0 degrees Farenheight.

 

[MonorailDude]

Butterflies taste with their feet.

 

[Johnny*Depp*lover]

It would take 31.7 years to count off one billion sec.

We're born w/ 300 bones but only have 206 when we reach adulthood

The book "Gadsby" contains over 50,000 words -- none w/ the letter 'e'.

The only bird that can fly backwards is the hummingbird

Giraffes sleep for only 20 min. a day

 

[catycatcat4]

the dude that inveted the tolits name is jon craper

 

[Johnny*Depp*lover]

At least 37 people have been hurt or killed by a vending machine.

 

[Loves Disney]

The battle of Bunker hill was actually on Breed's hill.

Heh, I have been to Bunker Hill. I got to go up in the tower thingy and scared myself silly!!! Did you know that the tower on Bunker Hill is really really high up and actually sways? You can't notice it swaying, but take a few pictures and you'll see! (I took two pictures and one is complete haze lol). There is actually a large hole in the center of the last floor at the top going straight down. There is, of course, a cage thing blocking people from falling down...but I stayed SO close to the sides of the VERY small room is was amusing. Oh and did I ever mention my fear of heights? lol.

We did all that neat stuff in Boston. Nice being only an hour away from Boston and about an hour from Salem and two and a half from Cape Cod. lol. Ah...the history of Massachusetts!! LOL I mean, you've got Plymouth, the Salem Witch trials, everything that happened in Boston including the Boston Tea Party and well...MA really is a History Teacher's paradise! LOL.

 

[Sparx]

Joan of Arc wasn't her real name

No one was burned during the salem witch burnings.

Vlad The Impaler didn't gain that name until his death.

Vlad once killed 30000 people. at once.

The Hanging Gardens were put in because the king's favorite wife missed the flowers of her home town.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

When Napolean divorced his wife, he gave her the equivilent to about 100K dollars and a huge house in rome, instead of beheading her.

Lincoln once said that the gettysburg address would never be remembered.

It is not believed that the men from Askaban DID make it San Fransisco instead of angel island.

In Texas, it is illegal to make mean faces at dogs.



And I typed those off the top of my head. I need a life.

 

[Scissors4Franky]

If you pull a Band-Aid wrapper apart in the dark to open it, you will see small sparks where the adhesive is.