History Facts

    Random History Facts

    There are 163 History Facts!

    Che Guevara suffered from asthma!
    9
    Derinkuyu Underground City
    Derinkuyu Underground City
    In 1963, a man found a mysterious room behind a wall in his home that lead to a huge underground city that once housed up to 20,000 people, complete with schools, livestock pens, and food stores, dating back over a millennium.
    87
    If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off.
    67
    Although Nostradamus died in the middle of 1566, his 1567 almanac was published because he had the foresight to prepare it before his death.
    19
    Harry S. Truman was the last U.S. President with no college degree.
    55
    In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
    86
    Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
    77
    The first chocolate eggs were made in Germany in the 19th century and remain one of the most popular Easter candies today.
    85