[friendociate]

If Native Americans had been named because of 'the land Christopher Columbus thought he was sailing to,' they'd be called Hindustanis (or Hindus or something) & not Indians (which Christopher Columbus called them because (he wrote) they were "una gente in Dios" (a people in God).

[friendociate]

Microsoft Start shares a StarsInsider slideshow of Random Historical Facts that tells us
• Beethoven Heard through a Metal Rod
• British Tanks are Equipped to Make Tea
• Penicillin was Invented by Accident
• Ernest Hemingway Survived Two Plane Crashes in Two Days
• The Harlem Hellfighters were an All-Black Regiment in World War I
• Hitler & Nazi Soldiers Used Drugs
• The Leaning Tower of Pisa was NEVER Straight
• After World War II, America enlisted over a Thousand Nazi Scientists
• Oxford University is Older than the Aztec Empire
• Many Confederate Soldiers Fled to Brazil
• Female Soviet Pilots (named The Night Witches) Terrorized the WWII Nazis
• Alexander the Great was Buried Alive
• President George Washington Opened a Whiskey Distillery
• Rasputin Survived Many Assassinations
• Abe Lincoln was a Wrestler
• Cleopatra was Greek
• Fine Arts were once Olympic Events
• Belgium's King Leopold II was a Mass Murderer
• Italian Doctors Saved Jews by Inventing a Fake Disease
• Females weren't originally Allowed to Run in the Boston Marathon
• Emperor Caligula made one of his Horses a Senator
• Ketchup was Sold as a Medicine
• Napoleon Bonaparte was once Attacked by Bunnies
• there were Female Gladiators in Ancient Rome (Gladiatrices, more than one Gladiatrix)
• John Adams & Thomas Jefferson died on the Same Day
• Turkeys were Worshiped as Gods
• there was a War that was only 38 Minutes Long
• Forks were Sacrileious
• Iceland has the world's Oldest Acting Parliament

And if any of those sound wrong, go see the slideshow where I got `em.

[mell678]

Did you know in the Philippines Christmas season starts in September and ends in the feast of the 3kings in January 6.

[friendociate]

Daylight Saving Time was started in order to save oil (or candles or whatever) during World War I or -II.

[cmoneyspinner]

Reports show scammers cashing in on crypto craze | Federal Trade Commission
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/data-vi ... ypto-craze

Since the start of 2021, more than 46,000 people have reported losing over $1 billion in crypto to scams – that’s about one out of every four dollars reported lost, more than any other payment method.

[bestwriter]

It is not how much one has but what one makes of what one has is the route to happiness

[cmoneyspinner]

"Gone with the Wind" was the first color movie to win an Academy Award for Best Picture.

It was also the first film that caused quite a scandal with Brett Butler's final line to Scarlet O'Hara.
"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a d**mn."

That curse word was against the censorship rule, but they let it stay in the film anyway.
It's cinematic history.

[Tendz]

There's a statue of Jason Voorhees, the “Friday the 13th” serial killer, chained to the bottom of a Minnesota lake.

[cmoneyspinner]

Scotland's national animal is the unicorn.

[bestwriter]

Cats are independent and know how to manage their life

[cmoneyspinner]

There is no physical description of Jesus in the Bible.

[Tendz]

Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.

[cmoneyspinner]

The late David Bowie appeared on Soul Train in November 1975, and performed “Fame”. It was memorable.

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Alexander the Great was Buried Alive

FACT?

There is no concrete physical evidence (since Alexander's tomb is lost).

But it makes for a great conspiracy theory.

[germainebull]

President Trump's second and last presidential term will end in early 2028.

[cmoneyspinner]

President Trump's second and last presidential term will end in early 2028.

Let's HOPE it's his LAST.

[bestwriter]

Judge not another but judge within and there you will find enough of sin

[eldavis]

It is impossible for most people to lick their own elbow.

[cmoneyspinner]

The original World Cup trophy was stolen and never recovered.

[germainebull]

That explains why there is a lot of security around the WORLD CUP nowadays.

[cmoneyspinner]

The koala bear sleeps for 20-22 hours each day, making it the sleepiest creature in the animal kingdom.