Crazy History Facts You won't Learn Anywhere Else! #history #historyfacts #historyfactsdaily
Welcome to a mind-bending journey through the annals of time! In this captivating YouTube short, we dive headfirst into the realm of history, unearthing some of the most mind-boggling and eccentric tales ever recorded. Get ready to have your mind blown as we present a whirlwind of crazy and bizarre historical facts that will leave you astounded!
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The United States government once tried to induce rain by bombing clouds. Civil War general Edward Powers had noticed that it often rained in the days following a battle. Based on this anecdotal experience, Powers concluded that noise agitated clouds and triggered precipitation. In his defense, Powers wasn't the only person to think this. Both Plutarch and Napoleon had drawn similar conclusions.
In the Wild West, frontiersmen were so sex-starved that they'd wait in line just to see a pair of women's underwear.
Mummies used to smell nice. Scientists recreated the embalming fluids used to preserve mummies in Ancient Egpyt, and apparently, it smelled amazing. Archaeologist Barbara Hutton said, "The dominant aroma is a woody kind of pine-like scent.
Socrates thought that the written word would make people stupid. Socrates worried that the written word would "will create forgetfulness in the learners' souls because they will not use their memories; they will trust the external written characters and not remember of themselves"
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