21 Weird History Facts in 3 Minutes!
21 weird facts from history that sound totally unbelievable but are 100% genuine. Mind = blown. All sources are here: http://yestervid.com/weird-facts-history/
These are some of the craziest events, facts and figures throughout history. File under weird facts history / Catnip for history buffs.
We got the idea for this from Reddit, but we've also done a fair bit of digging for reliable sources ourselves. Feel free to chip in and call us liars.
*Spoiler alert* Here they are:
1. 80% of Soviet men born in 1923 did not survive WWII
2 Nintendo has been around since 1889
3. In 1961, the US Air Force accidentally dropped two nuclear bombs on itself in North Carolina. A small technical error prevented the bombs detonating.
4. Wooly mammoths and the Great Pyramids coexisted.
The woolly mammoth died out around 1700 B.C. The Pyramids of Giza were built around 4,000 years ago.
5. The US Civil War started and ended in the same house.
Wilmer McLean's house in Appomattox, Virginia.
The war’s first major battle damaged the house. Later, Confederate General Robert E. Lee was to surrender in the house's parlour.
6. One person in the US is still receiving a Civil War soldier's pension.
7. The Black Death killed ca. 200 000 000 people. 50% of Europe's population.
8. Scientists believe half of the human race has died from malaria.
9. The last widow of the American Civil War died in 2008
Maudie Hopkins (December 7, 1914 – August 17, 2008)
Schlueter, Roger. Civil War soldier's widow lives Belleville News-Democrat August 3, 2008
10. Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire
Oxford University was founded in 1249. Aztec civilization began with the founding of Tenochtitlán in 1325.
11. NASA accidentally erased the original tape of the first steps on the moon.
What remains is a low quality copy.
12. At the end of the Permian Era 90% of all life on earth was wiped out
13. Queen Elizabeth II has reigned through 12 US Presidencies.
http://www.historyextra.com/article/people-history/12-surprising-facts-about-queen-elizabeth-ii
14. Betty White is older than Mount Rushmore
15. USA has existed for 240 years. It has been at war for 222 of those.
16. Static electricity caused the Hindenburg explosion.
Jem Stansfield, South West Research Institute
17. Ancient Romans used urine as mouthwash.
18. In 1788 the Austrian army attacked itself and lost 10,000 men.
19. A witness of Lincoln's assassination lived to tell the tale on live TV
20. Cleopatra's reign was closer to the moon landing than the construction of the great pyramids.
Great Pyramid (ca. 2560 BC). Cleopatra (69 BC to 30 BC), First lunar landing (1969)
21. The Mongols killed 11% of the world's population
Photographs
Appomattox Court House, Timothy O'Sullivan, 1865, PD-US
Danse Macabre, Michael Wolgemut, PD-US
Woolly Mammoth, Wiki user Funk Monk, CC BY-SA 2.0
Betty White in The Betty White Show, 1954, PD-US
Footage
Hindenburg Disaster, British Pathé Archive, 1937
A Big Thank You to
Reddit
Redditors:
anotherpoweruser, roussell131, WCC335, flame49271
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Видео 21 Weird History Facts in 3 Minutes! канала Yestervid
These are some of the craziest events, facts and figures throughout history. File under weird facts history / Catnip for history buffs.
We got the idea for this from Reddit, but we've also done a fair bit of digging for reliable sources ourselves. Feel free to chip in and call us liars.
*Spoiler alert* Here they are:
1. 80% of Soviet men born in 1923 did not survive WWII
2 Nintendo has been around since 1889
3. In 1961, the US Air Force accidentally dropped two nuclear bombs on itself in North Carolina. A small technical error prevented the bombs detonating.
4. Wooly mammoths and the Great Pyramids coexisted.
The woolly mammoth died out around 1700 B.C. The Pyramids of Giza were built around 4,000 years ago.
5. The US Civil War started and ended in the same house.
Wilmer McLean's house in Appomattox, Virginia.
The war’s first major battle damaged the house. Later, Confederate General Robert E. Lee was to surrender in the house's parlour.
6. One person in the US is still receiving a Civil War soldier's pension.
7. The Black Death killed ca. 200 000 000 people. 50% of Europe's population.
8. Scientists believe half of the human race has died from malaria.
9. The last widow of the American Civil War died in 2008
Maudie Hopkins (December 7, 1914 – August 17, 2008)
Schlueter, Roger. Civil War soldier's widow lives Belleville News-Democrat August 3, 2008
10. Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire
Oxford University was founded in 1249. Aztec civilization began with the founding of Tenochtitlán in 1325.
11. NASA accidentally erased the original tape of the first steps on the moon.
What remains is a low quality copy.
12. At the end of the Permian Era 90% of all life on earth was wiped out
13. Queen Elizabeth II has reigned through 12 US Presidencies.
http://www.historyextra.com/article/people-history/12-surprising-facts-about-queen-elizabeth-ii
14. Betty White is older than Mount Rushmore
15. USA has existed for 240 years. It has been at war for 222 of those.
16. Static electricity caused the Hindenburg explosion.
Jem Stansfield, South West Research Institute
17. Ancient Romans used urine as mouthwash.
18. In 1788 the Austrian army attacked itself and lost 10,000 men.
19. A witness of Lincoln's assassination lived to tell the tale on live TV
20. Cleopatra's reign was closer to the moon landing than the construction of the great pyramids.
Great Pyramid (ca. 2560 BC). Cleopatra (69 BC to 30 BC), First lunar landing (1969)
21. The Mongols killed 11% of the world's population
Photographs
Appomattox Court House, Timothy O'Sullivan, 1865, PD-US
Danse Macabre, Michael Wolgemut, PD-US
Woolly Mammoth, Wiki user Funk Monk, CC BY-SA 2.0
Betty White in The Betty White Show, 1954, PD-US
Footage
Hindenburg Disaster, British Pathé Archive, 1937
A Big Thank You to
Redditors:
anotherpoweruser, roussell131, WCC335, flame49271
Produced by Yestervid © 2016
See more great vids like this on our channel!
http://www.youtube.com/yestervid
http://www.yestervid.com
http://www.facebook.com/yestervid
https://twitter.com/yestervid
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