History Facts

    Random History Facts

    There are 163 History Facts!

    The Titanic is about as long as the Empire State building is tall.
    174
    Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
    41
    Moustache Tea Cups
    Moustache Tea Cups
    In the Victorian era, they had special tea cups that protected your moustache from getting dunked in your tea.
    47
    Tsar Bomba
    Tsar Bomba
    The largest nuclear bomb ever built, the Tsar Bomba, caused damage up to approximately 1,000km away.
    161
    In 1982, a high school student from Los Angeles, California unscrambled the Rubik's Cube in 22.95 seconds.
    60
    The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.
    49
    Scientists are excavating the ruins of a major civilization which pre-dates both the pyramids and Stonehenge by over 7,000 years. In 15 years, they have uncovered only about 5% of the site.
    21
    Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
    55