Historical Facts

Eau de Cologne was originally marketed as a way of protecting yourself against the plague.

Tickling was used as a form of torture during the Han Dynasty.

Saddam Hussein was given the key to the city of Detroit.

English was once a language for “commoners,” while the British elites spoke French.

Hitler adopted the vegetarian diet and stood against the animal cruelty.

One of Queen Victoria's wedding gifts was a 3 metre diameter, half tonne cheese.

The two highest IQ's ever recorded (on a standard test) both belong to women.

In ancient Egypt, servants were smeared with honey to attract flies away from the pharaoh.

It was quite common for the men of Ancient Greece to exercise in public wearing only underwear.

Roman Emperor Gaius made his beloved horse a senator.

George Washington grew marijuana in his garden.

The 'Hundred Years War' lasted 116 years.

Upon dying, some pharaohs were sealed into their tombs alongside their material things only.

Between the two World War's, France was controlled by twenty different governments.

Albert Einstein was offered the role of Israel’s second President in 1952, but declined.