Long Form posts explaining interesting Facts and stories you may not have known about history!
Since Harry Truman became President of the United States, the leader of the free world has always been given a Codename. The Secret Service uses these names as a way to maintain the safety of the commander & Chief. Today we’ll be taking a look at these secret monikers and the reason each President was given their codename.
Learn all about the The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), which was a work relief program that gave millions of young men employment on environmental projects during the Great Depression.
Dyk? FDR’s New Deal Created the CCC which planted 3.5 Billion trees in 1933
In high school history, we are all taught the story of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination by John Wilkes Booth. However there are weird facts about John Wilkes Booth that have been kept out of the history books. Today, you’ll learn 10 Weird Facts about John Wilkes Booth that aren’t in History Books!
20 Bizarre Famous Last Words, Deathbed Confessions & Request!
History is absolutely filled with bizarre facts and stories. Today, I thought I’d take a look at 10 of the bizarre history facts you didn’t learn in school. Enjoy!
10 Bizarre History Facts You Didn’t Learn in School!
On the morning of July 26th 1184, King Henry VI, held court at a Hoftag in the Petersberg Citadel in Erfurt. This is where Erfurt latrine disaster occurred. When 60 Nobleman drowned in Liquid Excrement.
Lina Medina was the child who is recorded as the youngest mother in history. Read the Sad Story Of Lina Medina The Youngest Mother in History Who Gave Birth at 5 years old!
In 1764, three Native American warriors entered the log schoolhouse of Enoch Brown and over his pleas to spare the children and only kill him. The Native Americans would club and scalp Enoch Brown and all eleven of his students. Read about First School Shooting in America in 1764, Enoch Brown School Massacre.
Heinrich Himmler, Hitlers number 2 man was a devoted occultist who believed and set out to prove a religion with the Aryan race at its center. One of the keys to Himmler’s plan was finding the Holy Grail. After reading a book, “Crusade Against the Grail”, he believed one man could deliver the it. The author of the book, a man named Otto Rahn. Otto Rahn, Heinrich Himmler & The Nazis Search for the Holy Grail.
The World’s First Speeding Ticket was for a Blazing 8 mph!
Find out about the recipient of the world’s first speeding ticket. Everything you need to know is right here.
Nikola Teslas thoughts camera was a wild idea that didn’t become real but modern scientists are trying to create Tesla’s thoughts camera.
The Betz mystery sphere is a strange round metal object that the Betz family found near their home in Fort George Island, Florida in 1974. The Betz firmly believed it was from outer space. Could it actually be a piece of alien technology? The Betz Mystery Sphere Conspiracy Theory.
A thousand years ago a small boy would draw the images that filled his imagination on pieces of birch bark. Amazingly, Onfim’s drawings have survived in the soil, waiting to be discovered. Allowing us an opportunity to see inside the mind of a 6 year old boy. Who in his own way has traveled a thousand years into the future. 1000 year old Drawings by Onfim the school boy.
I don’t think you’re ready for the story of George P Burdell and the legend of the man who never existed. This is by far the most elaborate, labor intensive, time consuming, and difficult prank you’ll likely encounter. George P. Burdell, Legend of the Man Who Never Existed!
In one of the stranger coincidences from American history, the brother of John Wilkes Booth, the man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln, saved the life of Lincoln’s son, pulling him to safety before being run over by a train. John Wilkes Booth’s Brother Saved the Life of Abraham Lincoln’s son.
Before Albert Einstein died in April 1955, he told his family he didn’t want his body to be studied after death. But hours after he perished, a medical examiner stole his brain for research. Who Stole Albert Einstein’s Brain & Why was Albert Einstein Brain Stolen?
