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!
King Jadwiga of Poland was the first female monarch in Poland. She was crowned as a king because, in Poland, queens weren’t allowed to rule the country. However, the rule did not specify whether the king had to be a…
Jimmy Carter was the first US president ever to be born in a hospital and the first to graduate from high school in his family. Carter’s father was a peanut farmer and his mother, a registered nurse. He was born…
During WWII John F. Kennedy was stranded on a desert island. He carved a distress message into a coconut and managed to have him rescued. He later displayed this coconut in the Oval Office. During the war, a Japanese destroyer…
Emperor Henry IV trekked barefoot through the Alps in winter to meet Pope Gregory VII to have his ex-communication lifted. Only after three days of kneeling in the snow did the Pope agree to take him back into the catholic…
Prince William and Prince Harry pulled a prank on Queen Elizabeth II. They changed her answering machine to say “Hey Wassup?! This is Liz. Sorry, I am away from the throne. For a hotline to Philip, press one. For Charles,…
During World war I, British spies used semen as invisible ink. Sir Mansfield Cumming invented this method. British spies experimented with all kinds of invisible inks. Cumming, founder and head of MI6 then, presented this method and declared that “every…
“Duckies” was a medieval slang term in English used to describe a woman’s breasts. Henry VIII used “duckies” in his letters to Anne Boleyn. In these letters, Henry VIII made a mention that he could not wait to rest his…
Anne Boleyn’s detached head reportedly tried to talk after her beheading. Called scientific depolarisation, the human brain continues emitting brain waves after the heart stops for several minutes. In 1536, England’s King Henry VIII accused Anne Boleyn, his second wife…
After the abolition of slavery, racial segregation existed all over America and as a result, the concept of the colour line emerged. The colour line was essentially a policy which divided the whites and the blacks. Nineteen-year-old David Isom stood…
Carrie Fisher once sent a cow tongue in a Tiffany box to an unnamed predatory producer who assaulted her friend Heather Ross. The box read “ The next delivery will be something of yours in a much smaller box.” Heather…
Pope Pius II‘s “the tale of two lovers”, an erotic novel, was the 15th century’s most popular book. “The tale of two lovers” is a prime example of an epistolary novel; one that appears as a series of documents. The…
Yuri Gagarin was the first man to travel into outer space with his Vostok spacecraft and completed one orbit of the Earth in 1961. – When Yuri Gagarin visited Manchester in 1961, it was pouring down. But he insisted on…
In 1962, CIA planned a false flag attack called the Operation Northwood to justify invading Cuba. They called it “Justification for U.S. Military Intervention in Cuba”. They planned to assassinate Cuban Immigrants, sinking boats of Cuban refugees in the middle…
History Facts – Lady Margaret Beaufort Lady Margaret Beaufort was married off to Edmund Tudor at the age of 12. She gave birth to the future Henry VII at just 13. She was used as a political pawn during the…
Daily History Facts – Caligula’s Killing For Rome’s Emperor Caligula, killing was fun. He killed men when he felt like it and had affairs with their wives. At one occasion he was to make a sacrifice by killing a bull…
Daily History Facts A peace-loving Persian shah called Yazdegerd I disliked war and had cordial relationships with Jews, Christians and the Church of East. He also loved the Romans. He even became the guardian of Theodosius the young Roman Emperor.…
Daily History Facts – Cossacks reply to the Sultan In 17th century, Ottoman Sultan Mehmed IV sent a letter demanding the full surrender of Zaporozhian Cossacks. Cossacks did not like this. Led by Ivan Sirko, they decided to send back…
Daily History Facts. In 1910, prominent American psychologist Henry H. Goddard coined the word “moron” to classify someone with an IQ of 51-70. He said “imbeciles” were between 26-50 and “idiots” were 0-25. So according to this technically, a moron…
Daily History Facts In Ancient Anatolia Gyges was the bodyguard of King Candaules. King offered to let Gyges sneak into the bedroom to see his wife, the Queen Nyssia naked. But Queen spotted Gyges and gave him a choice of…
Daily Historical Facts Abraham Lincoln’s son Willie and three other US presidents died due to contaminated water supply to the white house. There wasn’t a sewage system until 1850 and it’s believed the deaths occurred due to parasite from human…
