Weird History @weird_hist
Weird & Wonderful #History 🏛️ Somewhere in Space and Time Joined September 2011-
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Kellogg invented corn flakes to prevent masturbation.
A Roman walks into a bar and holds up two fingers. "I'll have five beers, please!"
George Stephenson (inventor of the steam locomotive) had such a thick northern UK accent that he needed a translator when he presented his invention in London.
To ensure stable succession, it was normal to pretend Ottoman sultans were still alive for weeks or months after their deaths. Sometimes this went full Weekend at Bernie's, with their bodies propped up on horseback and made to wave to crowds.
The sack of Rome by Visigoths, as depicted by French artist Joseph-Noël Sylvestre in 1890.
Vikings lived in Greenland for almost 500 years from 980 to around 1450 - only 40 years before Columbus.
The first-ever fire engine, named "the sucking worm".
This is how cars should open - Holden Hurricane, 1969.
During WWII, a British and German aircrew shot each other out of the sky over Norway, and then met up to help each other survive.
Swiss mountain troops patrolling the border with Italy during World War I.
The first monorail was drawn by horses.
What's left of Roman armor found in Northern England near Hadrian's Wall.
The Great Pyramid was the tallest building in the world for 3897 years until it was overtaken by Lincoln Cathedral.
Medieval Atlas, 1375. Before latitude/longitude grid lines were invented, but pretty good for the time.
According to Herodotus, in the battle of Pelusium (525 BCE), the Persians used cats as shields because Egyptians were forbidden to kill cats.
The pilgrims landed in Massachusetts instead of Virginia because they got lost and ran out of beer.
The top Soviet ace of WW2, Ivan Kozhedub, shot down 64 Axis aircraft and also several American P-51s who mistook him for German over Berlin in 1945.
The story of Mulan was told in China for over a thousand years before Disney adapted it into film.
Best friends Lydia Litvyak and Yekaterina Budanova were the top female aces of WW2. Together, they shot down 23 German aircraft. Both were killed in action.
Over the years, SR-71s Blackbirds have managed to outfly thousands of missiles fired at them.
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This is Louis Pasteur's fault lol
Before the 1950s, French school children were given wine between classes.
@weird_hist The second event was synchronized swimming.
@weird_hist I recently finished reading his biography, it's an amazing recounting of a unique man and master pilot. "Fighter Pilot: The Memoirs of Legendary Ace Robin Olds" is the book.
@weird_hist There’s a 2012 film about this incident, called «Into the White». m.imdb.com/title/tt187627…
@weird_hist @UnpaintedMelody The symbol for 'Chi Rho', the two letters combined were used to identify early Christians before the symbol of the Cross.
@weird_hist Yes Napoleon said that. But I do believe, throughout history, soldiers fight the longest and hardest to protect the guy standing next to him. The U.S. Army calls that man your "battle buddy".
@weird_hist Well, the Yamato’s last mission on Earth.
@weird_hist The heart of Berlin was ruined 12+ years before that.
@ChillHillD @weird_hist Yea I didn't realize how "recent" he was until I watched an episode of Deadliest Warrior comparing him to George Washington a few years ago
@weird_hist When the film came out I saw it three days in a row. I took my two squeezes two of the days and on the third day my separated from wife. My ex-wife said after the movie, "The moral of the story is, if you get a shot take it."
@weird_hist Star Wars A New Hope. But I guess Barry Lyndon is good too.
@weird_hist @zarchasmpgmr What do Winnie the Pooh and John the Baptist have in common? Losing their heads over someone else’s honey.
@weird_hist Surely it’s that they have both posed a tremendous threat to China at some point in history
Captain what's wrong? A Flock of Seagulls! We've been spotted! The band?!? No, an actual flock of seagulls.
During the war, the British trained seagulls to flock to submarine periscopes to reveal submerged U-boats.
@weird_hist And Sixtus the first was the seventh pope..
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