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1) In Tudor England if you were found guilty of "vagrancy" (being a tramp) twice, there would be a hole burned through your ear - a third time and you would be executed! 2) In 1764 Mozart composed his first symphony at the age of eightIn  3) In 931 a farmer killed King Theinhko of Burma for eating his cucumbers without asking. The farmer then had himself crowend King Nyanng-u Sawrahan and became known as the "Cucumber King"  4) On 28th April, 1978 the president of Afghanistan Mohammed Daoud Khan was shot dead in a coup. The new government said he had resigned for health reasons. 5) The  Anglo-Zanzibar War was the shortest war in recorded history lasting for 45 minutes on 27th August 1896. 6) On the other hand, the longest war in history was the Dutch-Scilly War, lasting from 1651-1986; 335 years.      7) Queen Elizabeth I, owned a total of 3000 dresses! 8) Most Roman gladiators ate a vegetarian diet consisting of grains, beans, dried frui...

For 99% of their history, humans have been hunter gatherers. Even if it doesn't feel like it, we are living in the most peaceful era in history. Napoleon was far from short, in his time, he was taller than the average French man. In the Ice Age, Britons used human skulls as drinking vessels. In 1891 the first car accident occurred in Ohio. The Catholic church once put a dead pope on trial! The life expectancy in ancient Rome was between 20 and 30 years. In the USA, Christmas was illegal until 1836, because it was considered an Ancient Pagan Holiday. Aztecs sacrificed about 1% of their population each year. There are more people in slavery today than ever in human history!

Henry VIII is perhaps the most infamous monarch over England, as well as his daughter Elizabeth I and Victoria (who ruled over 300 years after Henry’s reign). There are many theories, rumors and assumptions that have been cooked up over 500 odd years. But the thing most people know him for include: his 6 unfortunate marriages to 6 unfortunate women, his atrocious weight and his habit for executing friends who turned to foe. However there are many more facts that are unknown to many people. 1)    Henry VIII was the first king/queen to be known as Your Majesty Before Henry ascended to the throne, in 1509, the monarchs had been Your Grace or Your Highness. In 1519 his nephew by marriage, the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V decided to be known as Your Majesty, and Henry was not prepared to be outdone, so he issued it that a sovereign should be respectfully called Your Majesty. 2)    Henry was a hypochondriac A hypochondriac is a person who is very anxious and ...