History

History ​​In 1845, the Yarmouth Suspension Bridge Collapse After a Large Crowd Gathered to Watch a Clown in a Bathtub Being Pulled Up the River by Four Geese. Seventy-Nine People Died December 30, 2022

History There is a Secret Wing to the Museum in Naples. It Contains All the Erotic Art Found in Pompeii. The Doorway was Even Bricked Up at One Point. It was Only Fully Opened to the Public in 2000. December 30, 2022

History In 1835, President Andrew Jackson Successfully Paid Off the United States Debt. The Only Time in History This Has Ever Been Accomplished. December 30, 2022

History The Most Potent Naturally Occurring Hallucinogen? Meet Salvia Divinorum December 26, 2022

History During the Prohibition, It was Illegal to Buy or Sell Alcohol. But, it was Not Illegal to Drink It. Wealthy People Bought Out Entire Liquor Stores Before the Law Passed to Ensure They Still Had Alcohol to Drink. December 24, 2022

History During World War II, Hitler Ordered the British Town of Blackpool to be Spared from Bombing as He Intended It to be His Personal Holiday Resort After Germany Had Won the War. December 22, 2022

History In the Middle Ages, Christian Priests Would Recite "Hoc Est Corpus" During Mass When Turning Bread into the Body of Christ. Since Nobody Understood Latin, the Chant was Garbled into "Hocus Pocus." December 22, 2022

History For Almost 300 Years, 28 of the First 31 Consecutive Popes were Violently Murdered. December 14, 2022

History The Civilian Public Service is a US Government Program That Provided Conscientious Objectors with an Alternative to Military Service During the Second World War. December 13, 2022

History The Chernobyl Disaster Could Have Been Ten Times Worse and Could Have Affected Most of Europe if Three Volunteer Divers Did Not Drain a Pool to Prevent the Second Explosion. December 13, 2022

History The Costa Rican Government Abolished Their Army in 1949. They Said That The Army Would Be Replaced by an Army of Teachers. Today, Costa Rica has Free Universal Public Education and a Literacy Rate of 97%. December 13, 2022

History As President McKinley was Dying, No One Knew Where Vice President Teddy Roosevelt Was. He was in the Wilderness at the Time. He Raced All Night Down the Mountain Roads on a Buckboard Wagon in Pitch Black and Pouring Rains to be Sworn in. December 10, 2022

History In the 1880s, the Harvard Observatory Director was Frustrated with His Staff and Said His Scottish Maid Could Do Better. He Then Hired His Maid, Williamina Fleming, Who Ran a Team for Decades. December 9, 2022

History In 1784, Great Britain Imposed Tax on Bricks to Pay for the War in America. This Made People Start Using Larger Bricks. December 8, 2022

History Benjamin Hornigold, the Pirate, Once Raided a Merchant Ship Just to Steal the Hats of the Ship's Crew. He Did This Because His Crew had Gotten So Drunk the Night Before and Threw Their Hats Overboard. December 7, 2022

History Thomas Jefferson Wanted the Constitution Re-Written Every 19 Years. December 5, 2022

History The First US Gold Rush Started in North Carolina in 1803 When a 12-Year-Old Boy Found a 17-Pound Gold Nugget on His Father's Farm. December 5, 2022

History Suero de Quinones was a Knight Who Spent a Month Camped Next to a Bridge with 10 of His Friends to Challenge Every Knight Who Crossed to Joust for No Reason. December 4, 2022

History The City of Isfahan Surrendered to the Turk-Mongol Conqueror Timur. The Citizens Then Killed Timur's Tax Collector, and He Ordered the Massacre of Over 100,000 People and Built Piles Out of Their Heads as Revenge. December 2, 2022

History Nearly 90% of US Army deaths during the Mexican-American War were Due to Infectious Diseases. This was the Highest of Any US Conflict. November 27, 2022