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H.H. Holmes, considered America’s first serial killer, built Chicago’s “Murder Castle,” a site where he murdered multiple victims, with confirmed numbers being at least nine.
The first formal guide dog training school was established in Oldenburg, Germany, in 1916 to assist soldiers blinded in combat during World War I.
Victorian fossil hunter Mary Anning sold fossils, bones, and shells by the sea. Folklore ties her to the phrase “She sells seashells by the seashore,” but no evidence supports it.
When George Washington died, Napoleon Bonaparte of France gave a personal eulogy and ordered a ten-day mourning period for France.
In the opening credits of Gilligan’s Island, as the SS Minnow sails out of the harbor, flags can be seen in the background flying at half-mast to honor the death of JFK.
The bloodiest day in U.S. history was the Civil War Battle of Antietam. In just one day, approximately 23,000 people were killed or maimed. Neither side was victorious.
In the 19th Century, endurance walking was a huge spectator sport. Pedestrianism, as it was known, often saw participants walk hundreds of miles.
A nickelodeon was a type of early movie theater that charged 5 cents (a nickel) for admission and was the precursor to modern cinema.
In 1911, stuntman Bobby Leach became the first man to survive going over Niagara Falls in a steel barrel. He died 15 years later from slipping on an orange peel and getting gangrene.
In 1979, Elvita Adams jumped from the 86th floor of the Empire State Building but was blown back onto the 85th floor by a gust of wind, surviving the fall with a fractured hip.
Two diseases have been successfully eradicated: smallpox in 1980 after the last case in 1977, and rinderpest in 2011 after the last case in 2001.
The term “Third World” initially referred to non-aligned countries during the Cold War but is now more often associated with underdeveloped nations, though this usage is outdated.
When Napoleon Bonaparte’s nephew, Louis, was made king of Holland, he mixed up his words and told the crowd, “I am the Rabbit of Holland” instead of “I am the King.”
Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris was mainly constructed between 1163 and 1260, though work on details continued for centuries.
During the Apollo 10 mission, astronauts found a floating turd in the cabin on two separate occasions, but no one ever admitted to it.
From 1912 to 1952, the Olympics featured an art competition category, with medals awarded for painting, architecture, sculpture, music, and literature.
When coffee first emerged in the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century, it was considered a drug, and its consumption was forbidden.
Silent movie actors were initially not given on-screen credit for fear that they would become famous and subsequently demand higher wages.
Caesarion, the last Pharaoh of Egypt, was widely believed to be Julius Caesar’s son, but Caesar never publicly confirmed or denied this.
The Scottish-American Soldiers Monument in Edinburgh is the only monument to the American Civil War outside the United States.
In ancient Athens, there were no professional lawyers; citizens represented themselves in court, and could not legally accept fees to plead another’s case.
After Lyndon B. Johnson’s death in January 1973, Richard Nixon was the only living US President until Gerald Ford succeeded him in August 1974.
