"In France, during WW1, prostitutes would charge more money if they had syphilis. That’s because a soldier contracting the disease would get 1 month off to the hospital, escaping the harsh conditions of the trenches."
"When Alexander the Great was a child he was reprimanded by a teacher for wastefully throwing two whole fistfuls of rare incense into a sacrificial fire. When he was an adult and captured Gaza, which happened to be the prime agricultural source of the incense he wasted, he sent home 18 tons of it home to the same teacher as a gift."
"Thailand offered to send elephants to the USA during their civil war."
"The first known political cartoon is Egyptian, and shows Hatshepsut, the only woman pharaoh, pegging her lover and chief architect Senmut."
"Aeschylus, the ancient Greek playwright, apparently died because an eagle mistook his bald head for a stone and let a tortoise fall onto his head. They do that to crack open the tortoise to be able to eat it."
"Hitler, Stalin, Trotsky, Freud, and Tito were all living in the same area of Vienna in 1913."
"There was a mosaic uncovered in Pompeii that reads Cave Canem, which directly translates to “Beware of the dog.”"
"Montenegro technically was in war with Japan for 101 years and they signed a peace treaty in 2006. Montenegro was alligned with Russia in Russo-Japanese War and they declared war on Japan but they forgot to peace"
"When the Roman Colosseum was built in 80 AD, the Great Pyramid of Giza was 700 years older than the Colosseum is now."
"The State of Washington was named Washington instead of Columbia so that it wouldn’t be confused with the District of Columbia, as it was commonly known at the time."
"There was an ancient Greek wrestler named Arrichion who successfully defended his olympic title after he had died. His opponent ended up strangling him to death during the match, but, before he did, Arrichion broke the guys ankle forcing him to forfeit and the wreath was placed on Arrichion’s dead body."
"Colombia has a period in history literally called the “Dumb Homeland” period because of how incredibly dumb politicians acted at the time."
"Martin van Buren was both the first president to be born in the United States and the only president to speak English as his second language"
"At one time there was not only a Pope and an Anti-Pope but also a Counter-Anti-Pope."
"The first bomb dropped on Berlin by the British during WW2 claimed no human casualties. But it did kill an elephant."
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