People & Civilizations
Nine Unknown Facts About Adolf Hitler
One of Hitler's favorite tunes to whistle was the very popular, "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?"
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History
Sports Evolution Facts: The Greeks, Romans & Us
To the Romans, sport was a spectacular means of bloody entertainment, whereas Athenians found it to be a spiritual experience.
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Music
42 Resonating Facts About Ludwig van Beethoven
Did you know that Beethoven composed his first song when he was 12 years old?
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Historic Events
50 Humbling Facts About 9/11
The employee who gave the order to ground all planes after the 9/11 attacks was Ben Sliney - and it was his first day on the job.
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War & Weapons
3 Times The World Almost Entered A Nuclear War
In 1955, the US exploded a nuclear bomb near some beer cans & bottles to see if the beer was drinkable after a nuclear explosion.
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Art & Design
30 Phenomenal Facts About Pablo Picasso
When Pablo Picasso died in 1973, he was the richest artist in history.
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People & Civilizations
Why Did Pirates Wear Eye-patches?
Those trademark pirate eye-patches are nothing to do with a missing eye, but rather to see better in the dark.
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Historic Events
The Weird History of the Amsterdam Eel Riots
Amsterdam’s infamous Eel Riots led to the deaths of 26 people - and one eel.
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People & Civilizations
Charles Darwin Ate One of Everything He Discovered
It was reported that Charles Darwin once gagged on a meal of brown owl, writing that the taste was "indescribable".
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Historic Events
8 Interesting Facts About The Battle of the Alamo
The Alamo Mission was founded in 1718 in the San Antonio area of Texas, and was designed to educate the Native Americans.
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People & Civilizations
30 Inventive Facts About Nikola Tesla
When Nikola Tesla moved to New York City from Europe, he arrived with only four cents in his pocket.
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People & Civilizations
30 Awesome Facts About Vikings
500 years before Christopher Columbus “found” the shores of America, the Vikings landed on what is now Canada around 1000 AD.
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