3. The ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone.
4. The total number of Americans killed in the Civil War is
greater than the combined total ofAmericans killed in all other
wars.
5. The Hundred Years War actuallylasted 116 years (1337 to
1453).
6. Roman Emperor Caligula made hishorse, Inciatus, an official
Senator of Rome.
7. There are 92 knowncases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
8. Despite popular belief,Napoleon Bonaparte stood56 tall.
Average height for men in the early 1800s.
9. Did you know?
10. Only two people signed theDeclaration of Independence on
July 4th, 1776.The majority of others signed on August 2nd,
1776.
11. Influenza (Bird Flu) caused overtwenty-one million deaths
in 1918. So much for the swine flu.
12. Leonardo Da Vinci designed the firsthelicopter, tank,
submarine, parac hute and ammunition igniter over 500 years
ago.
13. Did you know?
14. In ancient China, doctors couldreceive fees only if their
patient was cured.If their health deteriorated, the doctor would
have to pay the patient.
15. The shortest war on record was fought between Zanzibar and
England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
16. Seven of the eight US Presidents who have died in office -
eitherthrough illness or assassination - were elected at precisely
20-year intervals.
17. The great conqueror, Attila the Hun, died from a
nosebleed.
18. Did you know?
19. During the US Civil war, 200,000 African Americans served
in the Union Army; 38,000 gave theirlives; 22 won the Medal of
Honor.
20. The Black Death reduced the population of Europe by two
thirds , nearly 50 millionpeople in a 4 year period from 1347 to
1351.
21. Ancient Romans at one time used human urine as an
ingredient in their toothpaste.
22. King Henry VIII married 6 times! He divorced twice, one
died andhe beheaded two others! The last outlived him.
23. The very first bomb dropped bythe Allies on Berlin during
World War II had just one casualty The only elephant in the Berlin
Zoo.
24. Did you know?
25. Cleopatra married two of her brothers.
26. Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
27. It is rumored that Adolph Hitlers grandmother was
Jewish.
28. In 1992, Pope John Paul II declared that the Church
waswrong to condemn Galileo for his theory regarding the sun being
the center of the universe, 350 years after Galileos death.
29. X-rays of the Mona Lisa show that there are 3 different
versions under the present one.
30. Did you know?
31. During the Hundred Years War,the larger French army
threatenedto cut off the middle fingers of the outnumbered English
archers. When the English won the battle,they taunted their French
captives with a certain one fingered gesture.
32. At the height of its power, in 400BC, the Greek city of
Sparta had only 25,000 citizens and over 500,000 slaves.
33. The tyrant Roman Emperor Caracalla was murdered by his own
guards while relievinghimself; hence the phrase, caught with your
pants down.
34. At Andrew Jacksonsfuneral in 1845, his pet parrot had to be
removed because it was swearing too much.
35. The average life span of a peasant during the medieval ages
was 25 years.
36. Did you know?
37. Alexander the Great hadconquered nearly half the knownworld
by the time he was 20 years old.
38. Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic, and he often wrote
backwards.
39. In ancient Egypt,people shaved their eyebrows as a mourning
symbol when their cats died.
40. Members of the Nazi SS hadtheir blood type tattooed on
their armpits.
41. In a strange twist of irony, KingLouis XVI of France
thought old ways of execution were tooinhumane. So he had a doctor
invent a new device, the guillotine.He would later be beheaded by
that very device.
42. History is filled with a ton of interesting facts!
