Strangest Facts about History
These are strange, goofy, and funny fact about the past, I hope you like this list and submit any strange facts about history you think should be hereThe Top Ten
1 Alexander the Great was accidentally buried alive
2 Former American President Abraham Lincoln is in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame
3 In the Ancient Olympics athletes performed naked
4 The Soviet Union ran out of vodka from celebrating the end of WWII
5 The shortest war in history, the Anglo-Zanzibar War, lasted for 38 minutes
6 Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender
7 Famous conqueror Napoleon Bonaparte was once attacked by a horde of bunnies
I bet that was one of his toughest battles as King Arthur can attest those creatures can be vicious even in small numbers.
8 Before the 19th century, dentures were made out of dead soldier's teeth
9 The South African railway once employed a Baboon. In his 8 years of service he never made a single mistake.
10 46 BC was 445 days long and is the longest year in human history. It was known as the year of Confusion
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11 The Soviet Union hated Genghis Khan so much that in the late 20th century, even mentioning the name of the great Mongolian ruler was a crime against the USSR
12 All British tanks since 1945 have included equipment to make tea
13 4% of the Normandy beaches are made up of shrapnel from the D-Day landings
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