The world is full of amazing things we’ve seem to be amazed about. Here, we have gathered about 50 strange or bizzare facts about history that will wow you. Check them out.
1. This is an exercise machine used to ‘roll the fat’ out of the belly and legs, 1936!!
2. There is a lake in Luzon, Phillippines, which has an island in it, which has its own lake, which also has its own small island in it. It’s called the Taal Lake!
3. American computer scientist, Larry Tesler spent three (3) years to invent the cut, copy and paste functions, from 1973 to 1976.
4. A street view of Ghana, Akra, December, 1959.
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5. The Largest Hotel in the World, Abraj Kudai in Saudi Arabia with a staggering ten thousand (10,000) rooms, four (4) helipads, can accommodate thirty thousand (30,000) guests at a time, spanning 1.4 million square meters is currently under construction.
6. Lady Kofoworola Ademola, Nigeria, May 21, 1913 to May 15, 2002, was the first black African woman to earn a degree from Oxford University.
7. Caroline Kennedy walks ahead while her father, the most powerful man in the world, carries her doll, 1960.
8. A portrait photo of President George W. Bush, made from the faces of six hundred and seventy (670) United States soldiers who died in the Iraqi War, 2003.
9. Dolphins can see our skeletons and sense our heartbeats via their sonar. Sonar, is a sonic sensor which nature gifts them. That very same sonar is what submarines use for seeing and detection. Their Intelligence Quotient (IQ) is higher than that of humans. Dolphins have even been known to ward off sharks preying on humans.
10. Queen Elizabeth II With President Kwame Nkrumah (In Dark Brown Suit) Greeting Crowds At The Marketplace Of Accra During The Royal Tour of West Africa, In December 1961.
11. This is Rome, when it became the capital of the Kingdom Of Italy in 1871.
12. Olivia Farnsworth from Britain is the only human on earth with chromosome six (6) deletion. It means that, she does not feel hunger, pain, love, sadness, stress, happiness, depression, hatred and the feel to sleep. In 2016, she was hit by a car and she felt no pain with just minor injuries. She’s also known by scientists as the Bionic Girl.
13. Jess Dixon Flying car, air cooled engine with 40hp, top speed 160 Kilometres per hour, could fly up, down, back and forward, 1940’s.
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14. The Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park in Tulare County, California, USA has the General Sherman Tree. It is the world’s largest tree, measured by volume. It stands 275 feet (83 m) tall, and is over 36 feet (11 m) in diameter at the base. Sequoia trunks remain wide high up. Sixty feet above the base, the Sherman Tree is 17.5 feet (5.3 m) in diameter. Toyota company took an inspiration from it and named it after its car. It is estimated to be around 2,300 to 2,700 years old.
15. In its first year in 1886, Coca Cola sold only nine (9) servings per day and twenty-five (25) gallons throughout that year. Now the company sells more than four (4) billion bottles every day. Never give up.
16. An eight million dollar ($8,000,000) Monet painting after a man punched it. This occurred in 2012 at the National Gallery of Ireland. It took two (2) years to repair. The man who did it, Andrew Shannon, claimed that he accidentally hit it when he fell. Security cameras showed otherwise and he was sentenced to six (6) years in prison. The painting is Argenteuil Basin with a Single Sailboat, done in 1874.
17. During World War Two (WWII), Jews in Budapest were brought to the edge of the Danube, were ordered to remove their shoes. Men, women and children were chained together three at a time and one was shot. Then, all three were pulled, falling into the river below. Sixty (60) pairs of iron shoes now line the river’s bank, a ghostly memorial to the victims.
18. The world’s largest container ship, Evergreen’s monster called “Ever Ace.” Built this year, the ship can carry 23,992 standard containers at a time.
19. Meet Sultan Moulay Ismail Ibn Sharif who had more than six hundred (600) children. He was a direct descendant of Prophet Mohammed. He ruled Morocco from 1672-1727, as the second ruler of the Alaouite dynasty. He holds the Guinness World Record for the “Most Children Fathered By A Man”. His children still rule Morocco till today.
20. The 90’s were tough in Russia and ex-Soviet countries. Unable to pay the workers, state companies would just give people products like sugar, margarine, socks and machine parts. Families would sell the stuff then. This photo shows a payday at a school staff meeting. Teachers are getting paid with vodka.
21. Mass Demonstration Against The Soviet Union In Baku, The Capital Of Azerbaijan,1989. This Was The Largest Demonstration In History.
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22. The Japanese have the best and strongest passport in the world. It grants you visa-free access to at least one hundred and ninety one (191) countries.
23. Participants in the Beautiful Leg Contest wear pillow cases over their heads so that the judges can see only their legs. Palisades Amusement Park, New Jersey, 1951!!
24. Installed in the year 1410, this is a six (600) year old astronomical clock in the city of Prague, Czech. It is still working.
25. President Donald Trump Is The First American President In One Hundred And Twenty-One (121) Years, (Since President William McKinley In 1900) Without A Pet In the White House.
26. Austrian-American logician and mathematician, Kurt Gödel refused to eat any food that his wife did not prepare. So when she was hospitalised for six months in late 1977, and could no longer prepare her husband’s food, Gödel refused to eat, eventually starving himself to death in January 1978.
27. When Sergeant Stubby, The Most Decorated, Live Saver And Bravest War Dog Of World War I Died In His Sleep On March 16, 1926, At The Age Of Nine (9), He Received An Obituary In The New York Times Following His Death. The Obituary Was More Than A Full Page, And Was Much Longer Than The Obituaries Of Many Notable People Of The Time. A Statue And An Animation Movie Was Created In His Honour.
28. Here’s A Resort In Finland Where You Sleep In An Air Conditioned Glass Igloo, To Watch The Skies Whilst In Bed.
29. The face of a bee viewed with a high resolution camera!!
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30. In 1938, eighteen (18) year-old Korean, Yang Kyoungjong was conscripted by Japan to fight against the Soviet Union during World War II. In 1939, he was captured by the Soviets and sent to fight against the Germans who also captured him and sent him to fight against the Americans, but in 1944, the Americans captured him and kept him as a Prisoner of War. Kyoungjong is, to date, the only soldier in recent history to have fought on three sides of a war.
31. Francesco Queirolo was an Italian Genoese-born sculptor, active in Rome and Naples during the Rococo period. It took him seven (7) years to create this marble masterpiece. Everything you see is carved marble, even the net!
32.The only Roman Emperor whose statue has survived from the third (3rd) century, Trebonianus Gallus. Gallus is the only emperor whose life-size statue has survived to the present day from the period of the third century crisis, when the Roman Empire was on the verge of collapse many times!!
33.How lemonade is being sold using a portable lemonade dispenser, 1931!!
34. In 1951, Marilyn Monroe attended a party wearing a red dress. The dress drew the ire of a female journalist who said that Monroe would have looked better wearing a potato sack. She listened to the journalist and went back home. This is the result. Marilyn Monroe posing in a potato sack dress!
35.Mark Zuckerberg Unsuccessfully Tried To Sell “Facebook” For Seventy-Five (75) Million Dollars In The Year 2005. Back Then It Was Called “The Facebook”. Now, He’s Worth More Than One Hundred And Sixteen (116) Billion Dollars From Facebook!!
36. In Istanbul Turkey, they made a statue in memory of a stray cat who used to sit every day in this position and watched people pass by and the street landscape!!
37. How Police Officers Used To Transport Prisoners. United States, 1921!
38. Queen Elizabeth II, Dancing With President Osagyefo At The High Life Ball, Held At The State House, Accra, Ghana, 20th November 1962!!
39. A Civil Servant with a manually operated traffic signal, Philadelphia, 1922!!
40. In 1929, Charlie Chaplin Got His First And Only Oscar Award For Being The Funniest Man In History. The Award Was A Twenty-Four (24) Carat Gold Edifice And Costs One Million Euros. He Got A Standing Ovation And Applause For Twelve (12) Minutes At The Ceremony. This Was The Longest Standing Ovation Ever In History On Earth. Moments Later, The Award Was Stolen!
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41. On 25th June, 2009, Someone Posted On Wikipedia About Micheal Jackson’s Death With The Exact Details About What Caused His Death. The Person Even Wrote That Micheal Will Die In Six (6) Hours. Six (6) Hours Later, Micheal Died With Same Details The Person Posted And Explained. Upon Several Years Of Tracking, The Person Who Made That Post Couldn’t Be Found. It’s Alleged That It’s Micheal Who Made Same Post On Wikipedia About His Death!
42. The Most Quiet Place On Earth, Is A Room At Orfield Labs, Minneapolis. That Place Is So Quiet That You Can Even Hear Your Heart Beating Loudly And All Your Internal Organs Working. In Thirty (30) Minutes, You’ll Begin To Hallucinate. The Longest Time Anyone Has Stayed In That Room Is Forty-Five (45) Minutes!
43. Sir Isaac Newton Was Just Twenty-Two (22) Years When He Discovered The Universal Law Of Gravity. Isaac Died A Virgin!!
44. By Nature, Carrots Were Purple, Yellow And White In Colour. It Was In The 1600’s That Dutch Farmers Crossbred Them And Created The Orange Colour!!
45. The tallest suspension bridge on Earth is the Baglung Parbat footbridge in Nepal. It connects the Kusma Meteropoliton city of Parbat district at Aduwabari with Baglung Municipality 1 bangechour of Baglung District in Nepal. The bridge is over the Kaligandaki river. The height of the bridge is 122 metres from the river level!
46. The Xoloitzcuintli is an ancient Aztec breed native to Mexico. Ceramic sculptures of a hairless breed of dog have been found in burial sites in ancient West Mexico. In ancient times, Xolos were often sacrificed and then buried with their owners to act as guides for the soul on its journey to the underworld. They have been found in burial sites of both the Maya and the Toltec. It’s also known as the Mexican hairless dog. A very rare kind of highly spiritual animal and an image of the gods!
47. A group of painters painting the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France 1932. The Tower was named after Gustave Eiffel, the engineer whose company built the Tower!
48. One Of The Most Mysterious Places Of Sorcery, Spirituality And Healing On Earth Is The Lake Khiluk, Located In British Columbia, Canada. It’s Also The Lake With The Most Natural Minerals On Earth. It Has Three Hundred And Sixty Five (365) Potholes And Each Of Them Holds A Unique Chemical Content. The Liquid From Each Spot Cures Different Kinds Of Physical And Spiritual Diseases Or Problems!!
49. Komodo Dragons And Hammerhead Sharks Are The Only Vertebrates Who Are Capable Of Virgin Birth. Their Females Give Birth To Babies Without Having Sex With A Male!!
50. “Bluetooth” Was Named After This Man. He’s Called Harald Bluetooth. He Was A Tenth (10) Century Scandinavian King Who United Norway And Denmark And Peacefully Connected Them Together!!
Cc: Odehe Kojo
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