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1. During World War II, a Great Dane named Juliana was awarded the Blue Cross Medal. She extinguished an incendiary bomb by peeing on it! 2. Alexander the Great was accidentally buried alive....
From the mummy-unwrapping parties of the Victorian era to the whiskey vending machines of the 1960s, discover some of the most bizarre facts from history. These strange-but-true stories will change the way you view the past.
Today, we delve into these often-overlooked corners, exploring 50 weird historical facts that highlight the quirkier aspects of our predecessors’ lives. Understanding these anomalies enriches our perspective, illustrating the diverse ways human societies have evolved.
#1. In 1983, one man prevented a nuclear war between the USSR and the USA. Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov was the duty officer at the command center for the Oko nuclear early-warning system when the system reported that a missile had been launched from the United States, followed by up to five more.
From Rome's horse senator to the gruesome Buddhist practice of self-mummification, these interesting history facts are too bizarre to be anything but true. What your teachers never taught you — and probably never even knew.
Read on to and impress your friends with some history facts even weirder than fiction. Alexander the Great was likely buried alive
The more you dig into the past, the more you'll discover the strange and bizarre. These crazy historical facts will have you rethinking everything you know.
From bizarre historical events to unusual occurrences and strange facts, the past is full of surprises that continue to captivate our imaginations. In this article, we will explore 25 of the most unusual and intriguing historical facts that you may have never heard of before.
Yes, it's important to know your history—not just the big names and key dates, but the little details that help us better understand a historic figure or era in which they lived. Maybe it's a surprising fact that makes you rethink conventional wisdom.
1. Dictators together. In 1913 Stalin, Hitler, Trotsky, Tito all lived in Vienna for a couple of months. 2. Colonial background. The first British officer killed in World War One was an Englishman, born in India, in a Scottish regiment, commanding Senegalese troops in Togoland. 3. Record breaking vaccine.