Interesting historical facts attract with their diversity. Thanks to them, humanity has a unique opportunity to understand what happened in a particular period of development of a nation, society and states. Facts from history are not just what we were told at school. There are many secrets from this area of knowledge.
1. Peter the First had his own method to fight alcoholism in the country. Drunkards were awarded medals, which weighed about 7 kilograms, and they could not be removed from oneself.
2.In the days of Ancient Russia, grasshoppers were called dragonflies.
3. The anthem of Thailand was written by a Russian composer.
4. Khrushchev was considered the advertising face of the American company Pepsi.
5. Those who urinated in the reservoir were executed during the time of Genghis Khan.
6. The shortest war lasted only 38 minutes. She was between England and Zanzibar.
7. Braids were a sign of feudalism in China.
8. The virginity of English women during the Tudor era was symbolized by bracelets and a tight corset.
9. Nero, who was the emperor in ancient Rome, married his male slave.
10. In ancient times, mutilation of the ears was used as a punishment in India.
11.Arabic numerals were not invented by Arabs, but by mathematicians from India.
12. The longest war lasted 335 years, and neither side suffered losses.
13 Foot bandaging was considered an ancient tradition of Chinese people. The essence of this was to make the foot smaller, and therefore more feminine and beautiful.
14. Morphine was once used to relieve coughs.
15. The ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun's parents were sister and brother.
16. Guy Julius Caesar had the nickname "boots."
17.Elizabeth the First covered her own face with white lead and vinegar. So she hid the traces of smallpox.
18. Monomakh's hat was the symbol of the Russian tsars.
19.Pre-revolutionary Russia was considered the most teetotal country.
20. Until the 18th century, Russia did not have a flag.
21.Since November 1941, there was a childlessness tax in the Soviet Union. It was 6% of the total salary.
22. Trained dogs provided assistance in clearing objects during the Second World War.
On December 23, 1988, a devastating earthquake was recorded in Armenia.
24. For Hitler, the main enemy was not Stalin, but Yuri Levitan. He even announced an award of 250,000 marks for his head.
25 In the Icelandic Saga of Hakon Hakonarson, Alexander Nevsky was mentioned.
26. For a long time in Russia fist fights were famous.
27. Ekaterina Vtoraya canceled spanking for the military for same-sex contacts.
28.The invaders from France managed to expel only Jeanne Dark, who called herself the messenger of God.
29.The length of the Cossack gull, which we remember from the history of the Zaporizhzhya Sich, reached about 18 meters.
30. Genghis Khan defeated the Kerait, Merkit and Naiman.
31. By order of the emperor Augustus in ancient Rome, houses that were higher than 21 meters were not built. This minimized the risk of being buried alive.
32.The Colosseum is considered the bloodiest place in history.
33. Alexander Nevsky had the military rank of "khan".
34. During the times of the Russian Empire, it was allowed to carry edged weapons.
35.The soldiers in the army of Napoleon addressed the generals on "you".
36. During the Roman war, soldiers lived in tents of 10 people.
37. Any touch of the emperor in Japan before World War II was sacrilege.
38 Boris and Gleb are the first Russian saints who were canonized in 1072.
39. In the Great Patriotic War, a Red Army machine gunner named Semyon Konstantinovich Hitler, who was Jewish by nationality, took part.
40. In the old days in Russia, to clean pearls, they were allowed to peck at a chicken. After that, the chicken was slaughtered, and the pearls were pulled out of its stomach.
41. From the beginning, people who cannot speak Greek were called barbarians.
42 In pre-revolutionary Russia, name days for Orthodox people were a more important holiday than birthday.
43. When England and Scotland came to an alliance, Great Britain was created.
44. After Alexander the Great brought cane sugar from one of his Indian campaigns to Greece, they immediately began to call it “Indian salt”.
45 In the 17th century, thermometers were filled not with mercury, but with cognac.
46 The first condom in the world was invented by the Aztecs. It was made from a fish bubble.
47. In 1983, there were no births registered in the Vatican.
48. From the 9th to the 16th century there was a law in England that every man should practice archery daily.
49. When the Winter Palace was stormed, only 6 people died.
50. About 13,500 homes were destroyed in the great and famous fire in London in 1666.
