You may find lengthy historical write-ups boring, but that is no excuse to stay unaware of the various happenings, notable people and century-long cultures worldwide. However, we empathise with you. What if we told you that you needn’t read through long articles? We bring to you, quick historical facts that are sure to blow your mind daily!
Did you know that Jimmy Carter was the American president to be born in a hospital and that John F Kennedy carved a distressed message on a coconut when stranded on an island? If you didn’t, you need to step up your game!
Here are some facts based on several historical genres made so concise that you can have access to fascinating information in under a minute!
Michelangelo Buonarroti is one of the most famous sculptors of the High Renaissance period. Popularly known as the Il Divino (the divine one), he was a highly respected artist and was also considered as the archetypal Renaissance man. We have…
The Crusades were essentially a series of religious wars initiated and sometimes conducted by the Roman Catholic Church in the medieval period. The crusaders went on several church-sanctioned campaigns; the most important ones were reclaiming the Holy Land from Islamic…
The Middle Ages or the medieval period was an era in Europe’s history that lasted from the 5th century to the late 15th century. It witnessed several historic events which were instrumental in shaping the Western world. We have compiled…
Ancient Greece was a very influential civilisation. It dominated much of the Mediterranean thousands of years ago. During the height of its power, Ancient Greece ruled much of Europe and Western Asia. It was also instrumental in establishing much of…
The sporran is an integral part of the male Scottish Highland dress. It essentially functions as a wallet for the kilt. There are many different types of sporrans, and they are worn according to the occasion. Read 16 interesting facts…
A Sedan chair is essentially a covered cabin that is carried on poles by two people. It was used in the past for transporting a passenger through the streets of the city. It was especially popular in England during the…
Samuel Colt, an American inventor, gifted a gold revolver to the Ottoman Empire‘s Sultan on his visit to Constantinople and said that the Russians bought his pistols. Sultan immediately placed an order of 5000 guns from him. He did the…
The British employed many Sikhs from India as cheap labour to enforce law and order in Shanghai during the Taiping civil war, circa 1885. This was also during the time of the boxing uprising in 1900. Check out some fascinating…
In 1304, King Edward I built the largest trebuchet ever made. Upon just seeing it, Scots surrendered. The King built the trebuchet during the Stirling Castle‘s siege as part of the Scottish War of Independence. Its completion reportedly took forty-nine…
“Christmas Cake”, refers to single, Japanese women over 25 because “after the 25th they’re not good”. However, today, Japanese women are forgoing or postponing marriage. Hence, rejecting the traditional path. The percentage of working women in Japan is higher than ever…
An American construction worker called Gary Brooks was arrested near Afghanistan’s border while hunting down Osama Bin Laden with a 40-inch sword, loaded pistol and night vision goggles. Check out some WWI weapons and artilleries. The Pakistani police at Chitral…
Doctors advised Freddie Mercury not to do Live Aid in 1985 due to some vocal troubles. He ignored the advice and did it anyway. According to BBC, his 20 mins performance is the most incredible live performance of all time.…
“Fart” is one of the oldest words in the English Language. The term has Indo-European roots and the oldest recorded joke is a saying of the Sumerians, “Something which has never occurred since time immemorial; a young woman did not fart…
Steve Jobs believed he was free of any body odour and didn’t need to shower regularly due to his vegan diet. He thought that it flushed off any mucus. His former colleagues quote that he was “very very wrong”. According to…
In the Bible, “Nimrod” is a mighty hunter and a King. But Bugs Bunny called Elmer Fudd a nimrod, sarcastically. This led to a generation of kids thinking Nimrod is a synonym for idiot or moron. This happened in 1940…
In Ancient Rome, nobody discriminated against Black people for their skin colour. They weren’t excluded from any profession, nor was there a stigma against the mixed race. Plenty of African origins settled in Ancient Rome’s empire and even Britannia.
In 1566, England executed its first woman for witchcraft, Agnes Waterhouse. She was guilty of turning her cat into a toad, which then turned into a dog with horns & threatened her neighbour with a knife. She denied all charges…
In 2000, a wild turkey whiskey storage facility in Kentucky, USA, caught fire. It had over 17000 barrels of Whiskey stored & it flowed into the woods in the area and set them on fire. However, 20% of the Whiskey…
Michelangelo illustrated his grocery lists so that his illiterate servants would know what to buy him. In these lists, he mentioned “a herring, tortelli, two fennel soups, four anchovies and a small quarter of a rough wine”. Michelangelo wrote these…
