25 STRANGE FACTS FROM HISTORY

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The Arabic numerals that are used in English were really developed by Indian mathematicians, not the Arabs.

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The oldest still-functioning parliament in the world is that of Iceland. IT WAS SET UP IN 930.

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ONLY 8 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THE 1666 GREAT FIRE OF LONDON, DESPITE THE HORRIBLE NATURE AND DAMAGE IT CAUSED. EVEN THOUGH THE FIRE DESTRUCTED AT LEAST 13,500 HOMES.

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The PISA Tower's foundation started to settle unevenly not long after construction began in 1173. Construction was halted, and only 100 years later did it resume. The leaning tower was never straight because of this.

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STONE PLATES WERE USED AS PILLOWS BY EARLY EGYPTIANS.

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In order to free Napoleon from his prison in Saint Helena, a man in New Orleans hired a pirate.

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The "D" in D-Day stands for "day," or "DAY-DAY," in other words.

D-Day = "DAY-DAY,"

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THE SLAVE TRADE WAS PROHIBITED BY THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA'S CONSTITUTION.

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SIX OPERAS ARE BY KIM JONG IL.

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In 1929, researchers at Princeton successfully converted a live cat into a working telephone.

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RONALD REAGAN SAVED THE LIVES OF 77 PEOPLE WHILE SERVING AS A LIFEGUARD IN HIGH SCHOOL.

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A COONSKIN CAP WAS NOT ONLY NOT WORN BY DANIEL BOONE, BUT HE HATED WEARING THEM, CONTRARY TO COMMON BELIEF AND LEGEND. BOONE WORE A FELT CAP INSTEAD.

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THE US AIR FORCE (AT THAT TIME A COMPONENT OF THE US ARMY) HAD ONLY 18 PILOTS AND 5 TO 12 AIRPLANES AT THE BEGINNING OF WORLD WAR I.

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The only elephant at the Berlin Zoo was killed by the first bomb that the Allies dropped on Berlin during World War II.

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Officially, the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly's conflict, which lasted from 1651 to 1986, was the longest war in history. NONE EXISTED IN CASUALTIES.

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The shortest war on record, lasting an exhausting 38 minutes, was the Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896.

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1952 saw an offer for ALBERT EINSTEIN to serve as Israel's second president; nevertheless, he declined.

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John F. Kennedy, Anthony Burgess, Aldous Huxley, and C.S. Lewis On the same day.

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ONCE RABBITS  ATTEMPTED TO ATTACK NAPOLEON.

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Sea Level increases and decreases twice In 24 hours.

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A pet bear was kept in Lord Byron's college dorm room.

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A Paris orphanage held a raffle in 1912 to raise money, using live infants as the prizes.

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CONFEDERATE ROBERT E. LEE DID NOT OWN ANY SLAVES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.

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King George I of England was actually German.

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General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, President of Mexico, had his leg amputated in 1838 as a result of the destruction of his ankle by cannon fire. For that, he requested a full military burial.

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