The condom was invented in the early 1500's, and was originally made of linen.
In England and the American colonies they year 1752 only had 354 days. In that year, the type of calendar was changed, and 11 days were lost The first-known contraceptive was crocodile dung and was used by the Egyptians in 2000 BC. The shortest war there has ever been was between Britain and Zanzibar during 1896. It lasted for a pathetic 38 minutes.
The Hundred Year War actually lasted for 116 years – from 1337 to 1453.
Everyone in the Middle Ages believed -- as Aristotle had -- that the heart was the seat of intelligence.
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In 200 BC, when the Greek city of Sparta was at the height of its power there were 20 slaves for every citizen.
| yagnyavalkya wrote: |
| In 200 BC, when the Greek city of Sparta was at the height of its power there were 20 slaves for every citizen. |
Interesting factoid. Where did you get these from? | yagnyavalkya wrote: |
| The condom was invented in the early 1500's, and was originally made of linen. |
Erm - correction - condoms were in use in ancient Egypt. They were made of linen as well.
Here are a few more:
King Otto of Bavaria, started every morning by shooting a peasant. To oblige him, his subjects would secretly give him a pistol loaded with blanks; a person dressed as a peasant would drop to the ground at the sound of the gun.
Voltaire fainted at the scent of roses.
The Bible never says there were three wise men, only that there were three gifts.I like the story from the beginning of Ken Burns "Civil War":
I think, the name of the guy is Wilbur McLean...
Anyway, he lived in a little cottage near the battlefield of Bull Run, where the first battle of the Civil War was fought, and a cannon ball actually hit his front parlor. That shock made him leave his home and look for another place to live, which he found near Richmond. This little place was called "Appomatox Court House", and on a walk a few years later, a northern officer looking for a place to sign Lee´s capitulation snatched him up and so his living room made history. He could always say later: The american civil war started in my front parlor and finished in my living room.
Morgan Robertson wrote the book "Futility" about a passenger liner called the Titan in 1898. The book described a shipwreck quite similar to the Titanic. Sometimes past literature almost seems to foretell history.
Condoms made of linen. My only question is did they work. (and we all probably already know the answer, but I thought I'd ask anyways.)
| Kopernikus wrote: |
I like the story from the beginning of Ken Burns "Civil War":
I think, the name of the guy is Wilbur McLean...
Anyway, he lived in a little cottage near the battlefield of Bull Run, where the first battle of the Civil War was fought, and a cannon ball actually hit his front parlor. That shock made him leave his home and look for another place to live, which he found near Richmond. This little place was called "Appomatox Court House", and on a walk a few years later, a northern officer looking for a place to sign Lee´s capitulation snatched him up and so his living room made history. He could always say later: The american civil war started in my front parlor and finished in my living room. |
This is awesome. I like this story. Are these places marked, i.e. still in existence in some or other form?Man Those are some quite interesting facts
Here are some more -
* Niagara Falls experienced a break of half an hour in 1848, when an ice jam blocked the source river.
* People have been wearing glasses for about 700 years.
* Lochness Monster inhabits the fresh water lake of Scotland.
* Spider webs were used to cure warts during the Middle Ages.
* The custom of shaking hands with the strangers originated to show that both the parties were unarmed.
* The number of people over hundred increased from 4,000 in 1960 to 55,000 in 1995 in US alone.
| mafialive wrote: |
Here are some more -
* Lochness Monster inhabits the fresh water lake of Scotland. |
LOL....I think you may be pushing the word 'fact' beyond breaking.....Each year, there are more than 40,000 toilet related injuries in the United States.
Its a bloody war zone I tell ya
| Bannik wrote: |
Each year, there are more than 40,000 toilet related injuries in the United States.
Its a bloody war zone I tell ya |
Where did you get this marvelous history from? Would love to see the source? this is both interesting and entertaining, haha. keep bringing it 
Another interesting fact that you probably already know is that Columbus didnt discover America, it was (of course 
a scandinavian man by the name of Leif Eriksson, a viking! And this was in 986! religion is behind every war
from each war - technology improves at a faster rate than otherwise would
do you know, a person actually fooled the UN to believe that there was a country bedife france, an island country and even went on to gather resources and huge funds for it..He was later recognized as a hoax, but was never caught.
Charlie Chaplin entered a Charlie Chaplin look-a-like competition and came third.
Not quite historically significant, but strange nonetheless.
did you know that the singer of AC/DC is not known by his name but known as "the singer of AC/DC". And ACDC is quite succesfull...
The condom was invented in the early 1500's, and was originally made of linen. quote
ahaha GOOD JOB WELL DISCOVERED
I went through interesting book of Niel Furgeson on the empire, and found following facts interesting:
- Australia was considered the prison for the increasing british criminals who had no room left on british land
- Machine gun was first experimented on Nigros in Africa by the british soldier
