What historical fact blows your mind?

10/5/2018

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by Krzysztof Sendecki via QUORA.COM

Culture Story: What historical fact blows your mind?

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1. Alexander the Great never lost a battle

2. 20MB was a large amount of storage space in 1992

3. The first ever shopping mall was built in Rome between 107 and 110 AD by Emperor Trajan.

4. In 1961 the U.S air force dropped two active nuclear bombs over North Carolina.

5. Wooly Mammoth were around when the great pyramids were being built

6. The current US flag was designed by high school student as a school project which he recieved a B-. His teacher later changed it to an A after it was chosen to be the nation's flag.

7. The US Constitution contains spelling errors.

8. Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin were all nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Which fact seemed the most surprising to you?

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What are your thoughts on this subject?

83 Comments

jch

The most surprising fact is that three dictators ( all warmongers and killers) were even considered for the Nobel Peace prize. To err is very human.

monicaligon

A high school student designed our nation’s flag.. AWESOME!!!

Raymond Monery

Incorrect - the high school student designing the US flag is a myth

bina sarmah

jch, Peace noble prize mean nothing in many times. Obama got one without doing anything. There are so many deserving people out there.

Caroline Weis

The bombs were dropped by accident. Thank God they didn't detonate or no one would be able to live there today.

kittykay

Virginia Sirc, well Obama is Hitler's grandson.

Conrado De Leon

I'm not surprised at the Nobel Prize nominees. After all, they gave one to Carter and one to Obama rewarding their aid to islam.

Adriana Zuliani

The Nobel Peace Prize to Dictators? Incredible!

Ludeman Eng

ANYONE can be nominated.

Scott

Robert Mookerdum, yes your hair is fat was able to divert global donation , billions,earmarked for the PLO, into his own accounts. Wife and family now living in Jordan with these stolen funds.

garrett scott

Regarding our Constitution, I believe "correct" spelling did not come into vogue until the 1830s or so. It followed the publication of a Dictionary of the English Language (1755) in England by Samuel Johnson and An American Dictionary of the English Language by Noah Webster in the United States in 1828. Some of words were spelled differently in the two dictionaries. That quirk continues to this day.

Robert Mookerdum

Hitler,Mussolini,Stalin were 'considered' for the Nobel Peace Prize,whereas Aung San Suu Kyi,Yasser Arafat and Menachim Begin who were directly involved in the killings of unknown number of people had 'received' the Nobel Peace Prize'. Something to think about.