History Facts

    Random History Facts

    There are 163 History Facts!

    Pierre Jaquet-Droz, a watchmaker, 240 years ago invented a robot that could write, and the parts could be interchanged to say whatever you want.
    13
    In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
    26
    In Ancient Egypt, some people paid their taxes in honey.
    152
    The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!
    60
    Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia.
    80
    The original Cinderella was Egyptian and wore fur slippers.
    27
    Japanese Holdout
    Japanese Holdout
    After World War 2 ended in 1945, a Japanese officer named Hiroo Onoda didn't surrender and continued the war for 29 years because he didn't know that Japan had surrendered and the war was over.
    50
    There's no evidence that pirates made people walk the plank.
    151