20 curious historical facts which will surprise and amuse Bashny.Net

In world history today there are still white spots. But thanks to the research and findings of scientists we can learn a lot of new and interesting. The website shares with the reader the facts from the history of different countries that you probably haven't heard!





1. The Roman Empire was not the largest in history, even despite the fact that, under her domination was the territory in two and a half million sq. km. It is only in 19th place among the largest States.

2. For the past three thousand years, only 240 years were peaceful. All the rest of the countries at war with each other.

3. The author of the modern American flag was a schoolboy Robert Heft. It was his school assignment and the teacher put Robert b-minus. But after the flag became the national symbol, the teacher changed the rating to five.

4. The U.S. Constitution contains a lot of grammatical and spelling errors.

5. Eight out of ten of the bloodiest wars in the history of mankind took place in China.

6. While the two largest Chinese war has killed several times more people than during the First world war.

7. In 480 BC, under the rule of the Empire of the Persians was 44% of the total population of the planet.

8. The Persian Empire occupied a leading place among all that ever existed of empires on the number of the conquered countries.

9. General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna of Mexico staged a lavish funeral for his amputated leg.

10. Until the end of the eighteenth century as a prosthesis and insertion of the jaws were used found teeth of the war dead soldiers.

11. The inhabitants of Britain during the Ice age used the skulls of vanquished enemies as cups for wine.

12. Especially pharaohs servants were smeared with honey to attract the attention of insects, distracting them from their master.

13. In China during the uprising of An Luchana in the eighth century have killed nearly forty million people. At that time it was one-sixth of the total population of the Earth.

14. Peter the Great beheaded his wife's lover and then forced the wife to keep her in a jar of embalming solution into his chambers.

15. In the nineteenth century, invented a coffin with an alarm mechanism, which could use buried alive. Then it happened very often.

16. The Mongols were heated fat of their slain enemies, and then set it on fire and used as weapons.

17. During the Second world war, there was a recent case of the participation of cavalry in battle. Then cavalry division from Mongolia fought with the infantry of the Germans and were defeated, during the battle, was not killed a single fascist. But horses with all riders were killed.

18. Alexander the great was the author of many espionage techniques that are used in our days. For example, he read all the letters to the families of their subordinates, and those soldiers who did not show proper awe of future victories and showed fighting spirit, he was executed.

19. The ruler of the ancient Chinese Kingdom of Yue Gozzani during the war stirred in the forefront of the criminals sentenced to death. Those were supposed to cut off their heads, suggesting the opponents of terror.

20. Gorgias of Epirus, educator from Greece was born of a mother after her death. During the funeral, people heard the squeak of the baby and helped him to be born.

via factroom.ru