History

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

History The Term “Fundamentalism” was First Used in 1920 and was Named After a Series of 12 Evangelical Protestant Pamphlets Called “The Fundamentals: A Testimony to the Truth. September 23, 2022

History There are Around 50 to 60 Blue Faience Hippopotamus Statuettes That Survived Ancient Egypt. Due to the Danger Hippos Pose in the Wild, the Legs of the Statuettes were Snapped Off Before Placing Them in Tombs to Prevent the Hippos from Eating the Souls of the Dead. September 22, 2022

History Why was the City of Wolfsburg Built? September 21, 2022

History Pocahontas and Squanto were Both in London Within a Two-Month Period in 1617. Pocahontas Lived with the Treasurer of the Virginia Company, and Squanto Lived with the Treasurer for the Newfoundland Company. September 19, 2022

History Louis Remme Rode on Horseback Non-Stop from Sacramento to Portland in 1855, Racing Against the Ship-Borne News of a Bank Run That Would Prevent Him from Withdrawing His Own Money. September 18, 2022

History The Capitol was Designed to Have George Washington’s Tomb on Public Display. Both Houses Passed Bills Saying He Should be Buried There. After an Attempted Theft of His Head, the Project was Cancelled. September 15, 2022

History The Distance of a Mile was Defined by Ancient Roman Armies Marching One Thousand Paces. The Nautical Mile is Based on the Size of the Earth. September 14, 2022

History Toyotomi Hideyoshi Built an Entire Castle in Secret. It was Near a Castle He Had Put Under Siege. After 80 Days, He had the Trees Covering Cut Down, Which Made it Seem Like a Castle Had Sprung Up Overnight. September 11, 2022

History The Resolute Desk was Built from the Scrap of the HMS Resolute. It Has Been Used by Most Presidents Since the Year 1880. September 10, 2022

History Caligula is Known as the Most Mad Roman Emperor. His Name was Given to Him By His Father’s Soldiers While Being on Campaign with Them in Germania. His Name Means “Little Boots". September 10, 2022

History Roman Emperors Never Ate Pasta. The Consumption of Pasta was First Recorded in Italy in the 13th to 14th Centuries. September 9, 2022

History Contrary to Popular Belief, Johnny Appleseed Planted Apples to Manufacture Booze and Sell Land to Pioneers and Not Help Spread the Fruit Across the United States. September 7, 2022

History World War II Spitfires Only Had 20 Seconds Before Running out of Ammo. Its Representation in Movies was Wildly Inaccurate. September 5, 2022