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Historical Facts

Featuring Interesting Historical Facts, Funny Historical Facts, and more Historical Fun Facts.

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  • 5 1. Napoleon had conquered Italy by the time he was twenty-six.
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    Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
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  • 11 2. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler had only one testicle.
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  • 6 3. No one knows how many people died during the sinking of the Titanic.
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  • 3 4. No one knows who designed the first American Flag.
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  • 0 5. Only eight men were killed in the battle of lexington!
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  • 1 6. Originally, Du Pont, Inc. was a tiny gun powder mill in New Jersey.
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  • 0 7. Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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  • 0 8. Tablecloths were originally meant to serve as towels with which guests could wipe their hands and faces after dinner.
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  • 1 9. The ancient Egyptians bought jewelry for their pet crocodiles.
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  • 0 10. The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages was 25 years.
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  • 3 11. The first bomb dropped by the Allies on berlin in WW2 killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
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  • 0 12. The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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  • 0 13. The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
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  • 2 14. The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
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  • 0 15. The first telephone book was one page long and had only 50 names in it.
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  • 0 16. The Grateful Dead were once called 'The Warlocks'.
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  • 1 17. The great wall of China is 1,400 miles long!
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  • 0 18. The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in 1744, is the world's oldest golf club!
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  • 0 19. The last time American Green cards were actually green was 1964.
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  • 0 20. The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!
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  • 0 21. The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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  • 0 22. The oldest patented company logo is the red triangle of Bass beers!
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  • 2 23. The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
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  • 4 24. The range of a medieval long-bow is 220 yards.
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    Date Added: 2010-04-16 16:27:44
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    Tags: Medieval, Bow, Long-Bow
  • 5 25. The shortest war on record was fought between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
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    Date Added: 2010-06-30 11:58:34
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    Tags: War, Zanzibar, England, 1896
  • 0 26. The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
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    Date Added: 2010-07-03 07:34:15
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    Tags: Statue of Liberty, United States, France
  • 0 27. The Taj Mahal took 20 years and 20 thousand men to finish!
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  • 2 28. The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
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    Date Added: 2010-05-10 07:23:44
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  • 0 29. The U.S. motto, 'In God We Trust', was not adopted as the national slogan until 1956.
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  • 3 30. The universally popular Hershey bar was used overseas during World War II as currency.
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  • 1 31. The World Trade Center towers used to have two zip codes, 10047-10048, one for each building.
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  • 1 32. There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
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  • 0 33. To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles
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  • 1 34. Traces of cocaine were found on 99% of UK bank notes in a survey in London in 2000.
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  • 2 35. Until President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.
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