BIZARRE HISTORICAL FACTS

AT ITS PEAK THE ROMAN EMPIRE STRETCHED FOR

2.51 MILLION SQUARE MILES. IT WAS ONLY THE 19TH

LARGEST EMPIRE IN HISTORY.

IT HAS BEEN CALCULATED THAT IN THE LAST 3,000

YEARS THERE HAVE ONLY BEEN 240 YEARS OF PEACE

IN THE WORLD

THE CURRENT US FLAG WAS DESIGNED BY HIGH

SCHOOLER ROBERT HEFT AS PART OF A SCHOOL PROJECT

FOR WHICH HE RECEIVED A B-. WHEN HIS DESIGN WAS

CHOSEN TO REPRESENT THE NATION HIS TEACHER

CHANGED THE GRADE TO AN A.

OF THE TEN DEADLIEST WARS EVERY FOUGHT,

SEVEN WERE FOUGHT IN CHINA

MORE BRITONS DIED IN WW1 THAN ANY OTHER CONFLICT

THE US CONSTITUTION CONTAINS MANY SPELLING

AND GRAMMATICAL ERRORS

IN SPITE OF THE LARGER-THAN-LIFE LEGENDS,

THE PONY EXPRESS ONLY LASTED 19 MONTHS

(APRIL 1860 TO OCTOBER 1861)

AT ITS HEIGHT IN 480BC THE FIRST PERSIAN EMPIRE

COVERED 44% OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION.

THIS IS THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE OF ANY EMPIRE IN

HISTORY. BY COMPARISON THE BRITISH ONLY HAD 20%