There are so many historical facts that you didn’t know and many of them are so bizarre that they are very interesting and intriguing. Did you know for example that Abdul Kassam Ismael the Grand Vizier of Persia used to carry a library with him always and this was sometime in the 10th century. There were around 400 camels to carry some 117,000 volumes. Then again did you know that around 200 years before Jesus Christ was born, the Druids used mistletoe to have any celebration for the winter season? The U.S. Civil War lot of paper currency that was in circulation was counterfeit. This accounted for almost 33% to 50 % of the currency. Again did you known that Buganda were the group of people in Uganda and they were the widows of the king who  [...]

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States of America and served the country till the year 1861. Later in the year 1865 he was assassinated, and thus ended the rule of a great leader. Abraham Lincoln is famous in the world of history as having been the force behind leading the country in the time of a great moral, military and constitutional crisis which was the American Civil War. He ended slavery here in the country and encourage the progress of the country economically and financially with a lot of modernization tactics. Born into a poor family Lincoln has the dubious distinction being an educated person by dint of his own efforts. This self educated man became a country lawyer and then a Legislator with the Illinois state.  [...]

Alaska is a very enchanting land for all tourists and it is a wonderful place to visit in this part of the world. There are many interesting historical facts about the country. For example, in the recent ice age around 15,000 years back, most of the surface of the earth was covered with snow and ice. There were great land bodies which were at that time exposed but are today below water. There was one such land mass which connected Siberia with Alaska. It is said that the people in Alaska have come from the hunters and nomads as also gatherers who crossed over from the land of Siberia to the continent of North America. These people who crossed over were the initial Alaskan people. There were three groups of Alaskans. They were the Aleuts, the  [...]

Aborigines in Australia are very well known across the world. Did you know that are many facts related to them that are very popular and well known. For example the age of a primitive skull that has been brought from Bega district in New South Wales, is around more than a million years. It was around 120,000 years ago that the pollen and charcoal of this region is, and there is proof to suggest that people use fire to keep the land clean in the basin of Lake George in the southern plateau of New South Wales . The Lake Mungo here is more than 68,000 years ago, and there are human remains which are found here as also many ancient camp sites. There is evidence that shows that there was a rock shelter here which was used by the people in the region  [...]

Arizona is a state of United States that is located in the southwestern part of United States. This is the sixteenth most populous state of the United States. With Phoenix as the capital this is a place worth seeing and gives ideal travel pleasures. There are interesting facts and trivia about Arizona. Arizona has a law that states that no person would be denied the chance to get employment because of non membership in a labour organization. Did you know that the Arizona tract is seen only in Arizona? The official state flower is the saguaro cactus blossom blooming in the months of May and June. The saguaro is incidentally the largest American cactus. Arizona is the leader in the production of copper. The state neckwear is the bola tie. The  [...]

Argentina is a great country in South America and has a history dating back to ancient times. Let us know some of the facts about this fascinating country. It was in the year 1816, that Argentina became an independent country. It got free from the clutches of Spain. It is today the 30th largest country in the world in terms of population and has more than 40 million people living here today. Peso is the official Argentinean currency. Argentina is one of those countries which started radio broadcasting services. It was in the year 1920 that the first radio broadcast was made here in this country. Can you believe it that there were barely 20 receivers for the broadcast in those days? 76 years is the average life expectancy rate in Argentina. Another  [...]

There are so many historical facts in the world that are interesting, intriguing and very informative. Let us know some of them. For example if your pupils dilate when you are facing someone you love, apparently the pupils dilate when you are facing someone you hate too. There are many things that have been invented by women. These include fire escapes, bullet proof vests, laser printers, windshield vipers etc. Did you know this historical fact that donkeys actually kill more people than plane crashes can kill? Another historical fact is that there is this woman who has this dubious distinction of having got 69 children. This woman was a peasant, who lived for 40 years and in this span she gave birth to around 16 twins, 4 quadruplets and 7 triplets. Did  [...]

Most of the historical facts are results of events or experiences of people which have been repeated over a period of time. These historical facts are interesting and intriguing and give us a lot of reason to want to know more about the world. It is not a coincidence that the radio was invented. In the year 1892, there was a farmer by the name of Nathan .B. Stubblefield. He belonged to Murray in Kentucky. He hit upon this dubious idea of transmitting his own voice. Creating a box with two ends open he asked his friend Rainey to hold one end and listen on it. Stubblefield then hollered “HELLO RAINEY” down the box and Rainey heard it. The system of sound transmission began leading to the invention of the radio gradually. Northern Ireland is  [...]

Historical facts are such fun. They give you an insight of the world that was and the fact about that aspect of history you wouldn’t have thought of. Let us read some of the historical facts around the world. For example did you know that the Honorable Company of Edinburgh Golfers was founded in the year 1744 and this is incidentally the oldest golf club in the world? Were you aware that the Great Wall of China is around 1,400 miles long? Then that the Grateful Dead were initially called the “The Warlocks”? Read on to know how the first telephone book had only 50 names in it! Yes, just imagine what the world was. We all know about Ford Cars. But did we know that the Dodge engines were the first kind of engines in the Ford cars? Those  [...]

Some of the best read articles are often about the facts around the world. And when it comes to historical facts, then it comes as a universal favourite for those who would want to know about the facts across the globe. These details not only intrigue the mind but also render the reader totally fascinated with this aspect of life. Please let us know some of the interesting and intriguing historical facts which would also be a good thought for you. It is said that the great painter Leonardo Da Vinci actually predicted that there would be something like mass use of solar energy way back in the year 1447! Then did you know that the great predictor Nostradamus predicted his own death ? So when he died in 1566, he already had his 1567 almanac published  [...]