15 WTF History Facts That'll Blow Your Mind
These ones are for the history buffs. If you think you know about history, wait until you read this. It's chock-full of random and mind-bending history facts that are actually true (and all the more surprising for that). Get your daily dose of random facts here.
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"The Fax Machine Was Invented The Same Year The First Wagon Crossed the Oregon Trail (1843)" - ShallowHalWantsAGal
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"NASA Was Exploring Space By The Time Scientists Could Agree On Plate Tectonics (1965)" - ShallowHalWantsAGal
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"Oxford University Existed For Hundreds Of Years Before The Aztec Empire Was Founded (1428)" - ShallowHalWantsAGal
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"Woolly Mammoths Were Still Alive While Egyptians Were Building The Pyramids (2660 BCE)" - ShallowHalWantsAGal
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"You Could Take The London Underground To The Last Public Hanging In The UK (1868)" - ShallowHalWantsAGal
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"Prisoners Arrived At Auschwitz Just Days After McDonald's Was Founded (1940)" - ShallowHalWantsAGal
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"Nintendo Was Founded When Jack the Ripper Was Still On The Loose (1889)" - ShallowHalWantsAGal
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"The Ottoman Empire Existed The Second To Last Time The Chicago Cubs Won The World Series (1908)" - ShallowHalWantsAGal
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"Star Wars Came Out The Same Year As The Last Guillotine Execution In France (1977)" - ShallowHalWantsAGal
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"Swiss Women Got The Right To Vote The Same Year The US Drove A Buggy On The Moon (1971)" - ShallowHalWantsAGal
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"Microsoft Was Founded While Spain Was Still A Fascist Dictatorship (1975)" - ShallowHalWantsAGal
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"The Brooklyn Bridge Was Being Built During The Battle Of Little Bighorn (1876)" - ShallowHalWantsAGal
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"Ecstasy Was Invented The Same Year The Titanic Sank (1912)" - ShallowHalWantsAGal
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"Orville Wright Was Still Alive When Hiroshima And Nagasaki Were Bombed (1945)" - ShallowHalWantsAGal
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"Buffalo Bill Cody Was Alive At The Same Time The Germans Were Bombing With Zeppelins (1916)" - ShallowHalWantsAGal
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