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Age of Enlightenment: 32 Facts About 1700s
01. Wig theft was a problem in 18th-Century England, with thieves using children, dogs to snatch the wigs of wealthy people on the street.
44 Uncommon Events From the Middle Ages
01. King James IV conducted an experiment by sending a mute woman and two infants to an empty island to learn what the 'natural human language' would be.
38 Remarkable Facts About the Roman Empire
01. A Roman politician named Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus was twice given near-absolute authority over the Roman Republic and he gave it up twice.
65 Trivial Facts about Hiroshima and Nagasaki
01. Approximately two dozen Americans were killed by the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, a fact that the US did not acknowledge until the 1970s. #hiroshima #nagasaki #japan #disaster #death #shocking #horror #ww2 #worldwar2 #secondworldwar
Life in 12th Century: 20 Captivating Facts For the History Nerds - Fact Republic
25 Interesting Facts From the 1200s You Didn’t Know
01. In 1255, Henry III of England was given an elephant by Louis IX of France. It died in 1257 having been fed a consistent diet of prime beef and red wine.
History’s Strangest Habits: 30 Peculiar Practices of the Past
01. There was a custom in ancient Babylon compelling all women at least once in their lives to go to the temple of Aphrodite and have sex with a stranger. #customs #tradition #history #vikings #middleages
37 Truly Odd Historical Facts You’ll Have Hard Time Believing