10 History Facts I Learned This Month That Were So Fun, Weird, And Interesting, I Literally Had To Share

Fun fact: US president George Washington would never have known the above. He died in 1799, decades before paleontologist Richard Owen first coined the term "dinosaur" in 1842. Related: If You Lived ...

Historians Are Revealing The Coolest History Facts That Most People Don't Know, And I Can Tell You Already This Is Not The Version I Was Taught

"Agent 355 is believed to have been socially well-connected, possibly from an upper-class background, which allowed her ...
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A Skirmish Early in George Washington’s Military Career Helped Define Him. It Could Have Killed Him

New evidence helps resolve enduring mysteries about a 1758 incident that nearly cost the future president his life—and shaped his views on the battles yet to come As a 26-year-old colonel, Washington ...
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25 facts too bizarre to be taught in class

There are facts you learn in school, and then there are facts that never make it anywhere near a classroom. From a businessman who built an attack helicopter from spare parts to ramen-based prison ...