BIZARRE HISTORICAL FACTS
Added on: 31st Mar 2015
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%
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