Surprising historical facts that most don't know

[GODZILLA213]

Good thing Teddy Roosevelt could summon. Otherwise our jam would've gone to waste with no muffins

Best 5th round draft pick in history. Fact.

 

[Social Distance Warrior]

World War II never happened.

 

[WatchMeDoMe**]

1. Much of today's ghetto culture in the U.S. has its origin in red neck culture that migrated with immigrants from southern England in the 1700s and 1800s.

2. Several important ancient historians claimed that the ancient Greeks' most profound philosophical thought (e.g., Plato) actually originated with Moses and the ancient Israelites.

Many others.

Facts? These are just extremely vague ideas.

 

[CarbonFistprint]

If you weave lettuce leaves together, dehydrate and compress them, they are stronger than carbon fiber.

 

[hohner]

This is also the origin of glazed donuts.

Yeah, but that came later.

 

[Social Distance Warrior]

Manny Pacquiao is the greatest fighter in the history of boxing and all combat sports.

 

[Uptown Swinger]

The Pilgrims didn't come to America for "Religious Freedom".

They got kicked out of Europe for being dirty, disease infested, romosexual, criminals.

In fact half of them already has teh aids virus.

 

[IDL]

There was a 20 year course that encompassed Maths, Astrology, Philosophy etc. that no Greek is ever actually recorded completing.

What the heck happened to it..

 

[IDL]

If you weave lettuce leaves together, dehydrate and compress them, they are stronger than carbon fiber.

It's called lettuce lattice

 

[CarbonFistprint]

It's called lettuce lattice

It's some amazing stuff. And if you unweave it, you can still eat it.

 

[Serana]

Abraham Lincoln actually freed the slaves with a single lockpick.

Was it the Skeleton Key?

 

[chaospfa]

 

[LEGS MAHONEY]

The Romans invented the peaceful turn the other cheek Jesus we know. He was based on mithras

Im pretty sure The mithras connection has been thoroughly debunked

 

[MusclesMarinara]

Native Americans faked the Indian accent in order to dupe Columbus into believing he landed in India. Little did they know the joke would be on them.

 

[SpaceBoogie]

Donald Sterling is really Al Sharpton doing white face.

 

[Groundswell]

English muffins only exist in America.

LOL. Seems that way. In all our time living in England, we saw "English Style Muffins" only once, and they were like hamburger buns.

Thomas' English Muffins FTW, BTW.

 

[Jack Reacheround]

Marie Antoinette had a 9 inch clit.

 

[PhantomNugget]

If you strain too hard when passing gas you can cause a little flap valve inside your body to tear, causing the gas to backflow into your mind. It's where the terms air-head, shit-for-brains, and poop-melon get their origins.

 

[FwappyEnding]

This thread makes my head hurt...

 

[KILL KILL]

Herman Goering owned and operated the the first Dunkin Donuts in Munich, Germany.