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History Facts
A “hot shot” was originally a cannonball heated in a furnace that was fired at wooden ships to set them on fire.
Liechtenstein realized at the 1936 Olympic Games that its blue-red flag was identical to Haiti’s civil flag, so the following year, they added a gold crown to distinguish it.
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.”
The British pound sterling has been in use continuously since around 775 AD, making it the oldest national currency in existence.
The first Academy Awards, held on May 16, 1929, featured 12 award presentations and lasted just 15 minutes.
In 1826, Scotland wanted to replicate the Parthenon bigger and cheaper. It was never completed and is now nicknamed “Scotland’s Disgrace.”
The Danish flag, known as the “Dannebrog,” is the oldest continuously used national flag, with historical references dating back to at least the 1370s.
Saint Lucia is the only country named after a woman, Saint Lucy of Syracuse, a name given by French sailors.
An Iranian refugee lived in an airport in Paris for over 18 years. This true story later on inspired the movie “The Terminal.”
Judy Feld Carr, a Canadian music teacher, secretly led a smuggling operation that rescued 3,228 Jews from Syria between the early 1970s and 2001.
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.
A female gladiator in ancient Rome was called a gladiatrix, but women’s participation in arena combat was rare and outlawed after AD 200.
In World War II, Germany attempted to collapse the British economy by producing millions of counterfeit bills, but the plan to drop these bills over London was never carried out.
No reigning British monarch has entered the House of Commons chamber since King Charles I attempted to arrest five MPs in 1642.
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.
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.
