
When Were the Planets Discovered in Our Solar System?
A day on Uranus lasts 17 Earth hours, and a year on the planet equates to 84 years on Earth.
“Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.” This infamous quote is known by pretty much everyone. But just how much history do you actually know?
We’re confident you know the basics, but history is so much more than the basics!
Whether you’re looking for random history facts or just browsing, you’ll find something to pique your interest here.
A day on Uranus lasts 17 Earth hours, and a year on the planet equates to 84 years on Earth.
Did you know that in 2016 Apple changed their gun emoji to a water pistol due to growing despair over global gun crime?
In Frelinghien, a French village, there is a plaque dedicated solely to the Christmas truce of 1914.
The practice of trick-or-treating has been around since the time of the Celts 2,000 years ago. Halloween was then called Samhain.
Pope Francis' birth name is Jorge Mario Bergoglio. He chose the name Francis in honor of St. Francis of Assisi, a Catholic friar.
One of the first times anything remotely resembled a ray-gun appeared was in H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds in 1989.
The Great Wall of China snakes through many provinces of China, including the famed capital, Beijing.
The artillery crater that was the site of Hitler’s cremation is now a small play-park for children.
Did you know that the Egyptian Sphinx has a male voice? He has the body of a lion, the wings of a bird and a human face.
The Dodo is a flightless bird first discovered by Portuguese sailors moored in Mauritius in 1598 AD.
The Museum of Toilets in New Delhi is home to hundreds of toilet-related paraphernalia, dating from the year 2500 BC.
Wedding rings have been in use since the time of the Egyptians, though they became widely popular in the 9th Century.