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History Facts
One of South Korea’s worst oil spills occurred on December 7, 2007, and within 33 days, more than one million civilians, soldiers, and officials had volunteered to help with the cleanup.
In the 19th Century, endurance walking was a huge spectator sport. Pedestrianism, as it was known, often saw participants walk hundreds of miles.
Viking women had more rights than most women of their time. They could inherit property, divorce their husbands, and reclaim the wealth they brought into a marriage.
In Las Vegas during the 1950s, Casinos offered “Atomic Tourism,” where guests could watch atomic bombs tested in the desert as entertainment.
The Black Death killed so many people in the 14th century that the world population did not recover to pre-plague levels until the 17th century.
In 1826, Scotland wanted to replicate the Parthenon bigger and cheaper. It was never completed and is now nicknamed “Scotland’s Disgrace.”
Despite being 5′5″ tall (165 cm) and having no prior detective experience, Izzy Einstein made about 4,900 arrests from 1920 to 1925 by relying on disguises and wit rather than force.
In the 1st century AD, Scotland was among the few countries that the Roman Empire attempted, but failed, to conquer.
Prisoners at Alcatraz had regular warm showers, which made it harder to escape via the ice-cold water surrounding the prison.
When coffee first emerged in the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century, it was considered a drug, and its consumption was forbidden.
Saint Lucia is the only country named after a woman, Saint Lucy of Syracuse, a name given by French sailors.
Bartitsu is a form of martial arts that originated in Victorian England. It was geared toward the upper class as a method of self-defense.
The name Alfred means “elf counsel” in Old English, combining “ælf” (elf) and “ræd” (counsel). One of the earliest famous Alfreds was Alfred the Great.
A peace flame has been burning in Hiroshima, Japan, since it was lit in 1964. It will only be put out once all nuclear bombs on the planet are destroyed.
The first formal guide dog training school was established in Oldenburg, Germany, in 1916 to assist soldiers blinded in combat during World War I.
Arthur Guy Empey’s 1917 trench memoir “Over the Top” is the first known use of “thumbs-up” as approval, where British soldiers on the Western Front used it to mean “everything’s fine.”
