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- After sacking the city of Antioch in 540 CE, Sasanian Emperor Khosrow I built a new city that looked almost exactly the same and called it "Weh Antiok Khusrau," which translates roughly to "Khosrow Made This City Better Than Antioch."
- At the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis, the marathon was a total mess: The first place finisher did most of the race in a car, the guy in second almost died from eating rat poison, and the fourth place finisher raced in dress pants and shoes, and took a nap by the side of the road for part of the race.
- There was a cat who started in the Nazi navy in WWII, then became a ship's cat in the British Royal Navy, and survived three sinking ships during his naval service.
- Khutulun, a descendant of Genghis Khan, refused to marry unless her suitor could beat her in a wrestling match. Nobody ever defeated her.
- 528 VOTES. After King Louis XIV Developed A Fistula, French Courtiers Began Wearing Bandages On Their Butts As A Fashion Statement. King Louis XIV was not known for his hygiene.
- 643 VOTES. Victor Hugo Slept With So Many Prostitutes That All The Brothels In Paris Closed In Mourning On The Day Of His Funeral. Victor Hugo is a celebrated French writer who gave us some of the most long-lasting works from the era, including Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
- 540 VOTES. In 12th Century Germany, 60 Diplomats Once Fell Through The Floor - And Drowned In A Cesspool. In 1184 CE, toilets were very different from today.
- 564 VOTES. When Charles II Came To The Throne, He Had His Father's Dead Enemies Dug Up And Posthumously Executed. If you're looking for the king of grudges, look no further than Charles II of England.
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- The Gorilla Who Said Animals Go To A "Comfortable Hole" When They Die. The beloved gorilla Koko was taught sign language and was able to communicate with people through it.
- The 2,000-Year-Old Body That Still Has Hair, Eyelashes, And Blood In Her Veins. Xin Zhui who is also known as Lady Day was the Marquise of Dai during the Western Han dynasty in ancient China.
- Man Becomes A Musical Genius After Experiencing A Head Trauma. Imagine waking up one day and finding out you are basically a musical genius even though you haven’t practiced a day in your life.
- The Thundercloud That Appears In Australia's Island Every Afternoon. From September to March, every year, a thundercloud named Hector forms nearly every afternoon on the Tiwi Islands in Australia.
Oct 27, 2016 · Shutterstock. By Nolan Moore / Oct. 27, 2016 4:54 pm EST. They say truth is stranger than fiction. Open a history book, and you'll see why. History is packed with incredibly odd moments, and it's sometimes difficult to learn the facts behind these strange stories.
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- Shhh! I’m Hunting Wabbits!
- Escaping Death
- Glass Delusion
Depending on which calendar you look at, George Washington’s birthday might be on two different dates. If you follow the calendar that was in use in the Colonies when he was born, his birthday was officially February 11, 1731. On the other hand, if you go by the Gregorian Calendar (the one in effect today), his birthday was February 22, 1732. I’d h...
Everything that’s known about Ancient Egypt points to a pretty advanced thinking society, and healthcare was no exception. Based on texts that were discovered in a village dating back to the New Kingdom period (3,100-3,600 years ago), historians now believe that Egypt had some form of state-supported health care designed to keep their tomb builders...
The longest official war in history was between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly (a small group of islands off the tip of Cornwall in Great Britain). It began in 1651 and lasted 335 years with no bloodshed or human losses. The conflict actually began during the second English Civil War, which pitted the Parliamentarians and the Royalists. Si...
There is a popular urban legend that states catastrophes, tragedies and famous deaths occur in threes. Well, John F. Kennedy, Anthony Burgess, Aldous Huxley, and CS Lewis all died on the same day. I wonder what they say about fours? Wikipedia
When the first escalator in the London Underground was put into service in 1911, people were naturally dubious about its safety. As the story goes, to reassure the people, the Underground’s one-legged em zployee William "Bumper" Harriswas enlisted to ride up and down. I guess the thought was if Bumper could do it than anyone could do it? Not sure I...
During the Depression few people could afford to buy new clothes, so they did what any penny pincher would do—they used whatever material they had on hand, which in this case was flour sacks. When flour distributors learned that their sacks were being worn, they started producing more colorful sacks so they’d be more attractive to wear. Who said ch...
In 2008, four watercolor paintings depicting Pinocchio and three of the Dwarfs from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfswere discovered in Norway, and they were found to have been painted by Adolf Hitler. Why, you may ask, would he choose that subject? Mostly because he had a special interest in Snow White. The story was based on an old German fairy tal...
After signing the Treaties of Tilsit in 1807, Napoleon naturally wanted to celebrate, and what better way to do that than by organizing a rabbit hunt? He asked his Chief of Staff Alexandre Berthier to set it all up, and according to legend, Berthier went a little overboard in his preparations. Rather than gather up a reasonable number of rabbits fo...
Being trapped under an avalanche is pretty much a death sentence, but in 1929, Arctic explorer Peter Freuchen missed the memo that he should have died and found a gross yet innovative way to free himself: He made a sort of dagger out of his own frozen feces and used it to dig himself out of the snow. He lost several of his fingers, but he made it o...
After suffering a fever and convulsions in 1392, King Charles VI of France began to experience bouts of madness, which would last the rest of his life. One of his most famous delusions was the "glass delusion," in which he believed that his body was made of glass. Fearing that his glass body would break, the normally athletic king would refuse to m...
Jun 30, 2019 · 21 minute read. By TIME Staff. Updated: June 30, 2019 12:26 PM [ET] | Originally published: June 28, 2019 7:04 PM EDT; The month of July is a time for Americans to look back at the country’s...
Jul 9, 2016 · These bizarre and seemingly unbelievable coincidences in history will leave you wondering "what were the chances?" These are way crazier than anything you could ever make up. All That's Interesting
