History Facts

    Random History Facts

    There are 163 History Facts!

    Nobuo Fujita
    Nobuo Fujita
    The Japanese pilot who attacked a town in Oregon during WW2 returned years later to present his family's 400-year-old samurai sword to the city as a symbol of regret.
    82
    The first ever patent in the UK was Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map makers in 1618!
    15
    Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote backwards.
    77
    Capt. Robert Campbell
    Capt. Robert Campbell
    Capt. Robert Campbell, a British officer captured during World War I, was granted leave to visit his dying mother on one condition - that he return to captivity. He kept his word and returned, only to try escaping as soon as he returned.
    50
    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih
    Ching Shih, once a prostitute, became one of the most powerful pirates to have ever sailed. She commanded one of the most formidable pirate fleets in all of China during the early 1800s, with hundreds of ships under her command.
    155
    Genghis Khan exempted the poor and clergy from taxes, encouraged literacy, and established free religion, leading many peoples to join his empire before they were even conquered.
    28
    Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
    56
    The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
    149