History

History The “Devil’s Advocate” was a Title Given in the Catholic Church. The Devil’s Advocate’s Job was to Argue Against the Canonization of Any Candidate. November 9, 2022

History In the 1936 President Election, Franklin D. Roosevelt Received 98.49% of the Electoral Vote Total. This Remains to be the Highest Percentage of Electoral Votes Won by Any Candidate Since 1820. November 9, 2022

History President Dwight D. Eisenhower Kept Silent About Joseph McCarthy in Public. However, He Started a Secret Campaign That Eventually Ended the Senator’s Career. November 9, 2022

History The First Ally Soldier to Step Onto the Beach of Normandy During the D-Day Invasion was Leonard Treherne “Max” Schroeder Jr. He Survived and was Awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart. November 5, 2022

History Hunger Stones are Riverbed Stones that were Marked with an Inscription Visible Only When the Flow was Low Enough to Warn People of a Drought that Would Cause Famine. November 2, 2022

History There were 242 Known Languages That Went Extinct During the 20th Century. October 31, 2022

History The Black Terror is a Union Warship During the American Civil War. It was also Completely Fake and Cost $8.63 to Construct. October 27, 2022

History The Parthenon in Athens was Intact for Over 2,000 Years. The Heavily Damaged Ruins were Caused by a Massive Explosion in 1687 and Not by Natural Forces. October 24, 2022

History The BBC Initially Refused to Air Richard Dimbleby’s Eye Witness Account of the Belsen Concentration Camp. They Did Not Believe it was as Horrible as He Described. The Network Only Agreed to Broadcast After Dimbleby Threatened to Resign. October 20, 2022

History During the Second World War There was a Secret Hospital for 120 Partisans in Slovenia That was Hidden in the Forest. It Remained a Secret for Over Two Years Despite Fervent Attempts by Enemy Forces. October 18, 2022

History Heinrich Kubis, the First Flight Attendant in the World, Started Working as a Waiter on a Zeppelin in 1912. He was also Aboard the Hindenburg but Survived the Disaster. October 17, 2022

History Frank Goldsmith, a Survivor of the RMS Titanic, Ended Up Living Near a Baseball Stadium in Detroit. He Hated Game Days Because the Sound of the Cheering Crowd Reminded Him of the Screaming People During the Tragedy. October 16, 2022

History The Bodhi Fig Tree in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, is the Oldest Tree on Earth. It was Planted in 288 BC by an Indian Princess. October 13, 2022

History George Washington Lost as Many Battles as He Won. But, He Was The Master of the Tactical Retreat and Accepted Tactical Defeats While Working Towards the Strategic Victory. October 4, 2022

History General Dwight D. Eisenhower Found Victims of the Nazi Concentration Camp. He Anticipated That There Would Be Attempts to Deny What Had Happened, So He Ordered All Possible Photos to be Taken for Evidence. October 4, 2022

History Thomas Jefferson Did Not Believe That Animals Went Extinct. He Believed that Mastodons, Giant Sloths, and Dinosaurs Still Existed in the United States. He Asked Lewis and Clark to Bring Back Living Mastodons. September 30, 2022

History King James I Strongly Objected to the Cultivation of Tobacco in British Colonies. He Claimed That it was Harmful to the Brain and Dangerous to the Lungs. This was 350 Years Before the US Reported that Smoking Had Negative Effects on Our Health. September 30, 2022

History Rudolf Vrba and Another Man Escaped from Auschwitz. They Hid in a Hole Outside the Inner Perimeter Fence for Three Days and Got Away on the 4th Day. September 29, 2022

History Traditional Grass Lawns Originated as a Status Symbol. Neatly Cut Grass Used Soley for Aesthetics was Something Only the Wealthy Could Maintain Back in the Day. September 26, 2022

History Emperor Nero Divorced and Banished His Wife, Octavia, When He Got His Mistress Pregnant. This Led to a Public Outcry, So He Decided to Execute Her Instead. September 25, 2022