From the partying with Churchill and Stalin to the real life James Bond, here are 10 historical
facts you most likely didn't learn in school!!
10.
George Washington's Military Career Besides being on the $1 bill, I'm sure George
Washington is familiar to you, George Washington was one of the founding fathers of the United
States, and helped lead the Revolution from the battlefield and helped secure freedom
for the colonies.
This is all fact.
But what schools often gloss over are the events that happened in between his most notable
victories.
For example, did you know that George Washington basically started the French-Indian one?
It's true.
He did.
It was actually his first military engagement as a leader, and it wasn't even supposed to
be a battle.
But it ended up that way, and though Washington and his forces won, it started an even bigger
one.
Just as important, during that one, Washington had both successes and failures, all while
trying to earn his way up the ranks of the British army.
After a friendly fire incident, he actually resigned his commission and didn't come back
until the Revolution started.
As for the one that truly made him famous, it's easy to remember the teachings that we
all learned about him crossing the Delaware (as a not so fun fact: he would not have stood
up in the boat like he's depicted in the picture, because he would've been easy to spot)!
Or his victory in Boston and of course, Yorktown.
But Washington had quite a spotty record in between those battles.
If you've seen the show TURN: Washington's Spies you'll know Washington struggled a
bit.
He lost New York, Philadelphia, and other positions.
And his time at Valley Forge was infamous because he tried to maintain the peace and
morale of his men while they were suffering some of the coldest winters on record.
Soldiers were losing limbs and dying from disease.
Multiple times, mutiny almost rang out, and he had to send a message to his men that he
was in charge, and thus had the mutineers (all but one) killed.
By the way, have any of you watched TURN?
If not I highly recommend it!
It's a great show!!
And because of his spotty record, he was almost removed from his position as leader of the
military by Congress multiple times, but his victories always came at the perfect time
to prevent that from happening.
It also should be noted that while Washington was a good judge of character, and picked
many generals who would help the Revolution, he was also very trusting of Benedict Arnold,
who surprised everyone by becoming a traitor.
Notice not many Americans are named Benedict after that time!!
George Washington is a very important figure in the United States, no doubt about it, but
there's often not enough time in history class to talk about complex personalities
and inner struggles people go through.
Normally we just hear " he was the first president of the United States" and then
move on.
If you are interested in learning more, there is a great show on the history channel (when
it's not Nazi Week) called "The Revolution".
9.
A Woman Ran For President In 1872 Before Hillary Clinton, there was Victoria
Woodhull.
While many people believe Hillary Clinton was the first woman to run for president,
136 years before her, Victoria Woodhull ran almost 50 years before women even had the
right to vote.
She was the first woman to be backed by a political party (the Equal Rights Party) and
was quite famous in her day, or infamous since she rattled a lot of people fighting for equality!
She was well known for running her own newspaper.
Granted, it was a rather controversial one, but it got people's attention.
Also, she and her sister were quite good at Wall Street Brokerage, where they got the
money to make the paper.
In 1871, she really made herself known to politics by being the first woman to stand
before a congressional committee and arguing for Women's Suffrage.
The Equal Rights Party was very impressed and nominated her for President.
With election day just 3 days away, she and her sister were arrested on charges of indecency
and publishing an obscene newspaper.
Obviously, she didn't win, Ulysses S. Grant got the victory, but she apparently did get
some votes from the people.
The charges were later dropped but not before her reputation was entirely destroyed.
She also wrote an expose on a cheating preacher so she became a target of ridicule in the
US.
She got the last laugh though because she moved to England and married a millionaire,
and lived on a 1200 acre estate.
8.
Stalin Chose His Photos Joseph Stalin was one of the most famous and
infamous leaders of all of Russia.
He took over after Lenin, and would lead the nation to record highs, as well as lows.
And arguably most important, while he was an ally of at first, he wasn't afraid to help
put him down when the Reich leader turned on him.
But because of his leadership style, he wasn't that well liked in the eyes of some of his
people.
So to not show weakness of any kind, whenever a photo was taken of him, he gave the details
on how it must be done.
How so?
Well, he would dictate the pose, the area the photo was taken in, the lighting if he
could control it, what body parts would be cut out if necessary, and on and on.
Imagine now with all the technology we have, he could edit all he wanted but people would
still have their cell phones!
His control over the media in Russia was absolute, and he wanted to make sure that anyone who
saw him via these photos perceived him as "perfect".
Like a Kardashian!!!
A trend that many other politicians would use in the years to come.
After the news came out, everyone wanted their picture taken showing their best pose.
Stalin probably got it from Napoleon, who could completely control how he was painted
in portraits!
Dictators have been doing that for centuries!
7.
Space Travel in the 17th Century We have always dreamed of reaching the stars
and planets that are beyond Earth and our solar system, but did you know that the first
concept of piloted space travel was from the 17th century?
It's true, it came during the time of theologian and philosopher John Wilkins who was just
24 years old.
He had an idea for something he liked to call "Fire Chariots", which were contraptions that
would take a single person to the stars above.
Now, you might think this is crazy, but the reasoning behind the "Fire Chariots" wasn't
about space travel alone, but also for contacting aliens or intelligent life on other planets.
During the 17th century, it was commonly believed that the moon and other planets had civilizations
like, or close enough to, Earth.
And if you're curious as to why they felt they could do well in space, it's because
they believed that space was filled with oxygen, as that's how the "angels breathed".
Wilkins did work on making the Fire Chariot a real thing, and though he never succeeded,
it's the first documented work on space shuttles, published in 1638.
He predicted that space travel would eventually be discovered and be surprised at the ignorance
of his time.
People have been dreaming about pushing the boundaries of humankind since the dawn of
time!
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6.
Churchill's Cigar Limit When you think of Winston Churchill, you think
of two things.
First, his leadership during that helped the Allies to victory, and second, you think of
him smoking a cigar.
Churchill was legendary for his cigars, and a brand of cigars is actually named after
him to honor their love affair.
But not just any cigars, he loved Cuban cigars.
He even came up with creative ways to help him smoke in places he ordinarily couldn't,
like an airplane.
What you don't know though, is that Churchill believed in good health, and so he set himself
a cigar limit...of 15 per day.
For the record, that's a bad idea.
But Churchill didn't care, and guess what?
He lived to be 90 years old!
5.
The Congress Of Vienna Party After the fall of Napoleon, the European powers
had to figure out how to divide up what was taken.
From September 1914 to June 1915, British, Austrian, Russian, and Prussian leaders and
diplomats came together to divide up borders and ensure the balance of power within the
continent.
And it worked.
But...the people at the Congress had a little too much of a good time!!
By that I mean that they were infamous for going around and having parties and drinking,
and sleeping with other people.
And they did this for the entire nine months that the Congress of Vienna was around.
Not only the diplomats but all of their entourages and whoever else was there at the conference.
Makes you wonder how anything got done!
4.
Sarah Tarrant Who is Sarah Tarrant?
Well, she was the woman who almost started the American Revolution.
Almost.
This happened in 1775, barely a year before the real Revolution started.
You see, some British troops, led by a man named Alexander Leslie, wanted to cross into
the town of Salem to look for some canons that he believed were stolen by rebels.
The townspeople resisted, but the British eventually got through.
They searched the town, but didn't find the canons, so they made to leave.
As they did, Sarah Tarrant started to insult the British soldiers.
Her taunts got the attention of one soldier in particular, who pointed a rifle at her.
The soldier didn't fire though due to Leslie's orders, but he was tempted.
And had he done so, the Revolution would have started sooner, and "The Shot Heard Around
The World" would've had a slightly different meaning.
3.
Albert Einstein's Last Words Were In German Albert Einstein is one of the most important
scientific minds in all of history, as he helped create the field of Quantum Mechanics,
created the Theory of Relativity, and more.
Not enough time to list everything in this video!!
His life is well documented, but his last words...are not.
During his final hours, he was being tended to by a nurse.
And seemingly moments before he died, he whispered something to her.
When asked what he said, the nurse didn't know, because he told her in German, and she
didn't speak the language.
So Albert Einstein's final words are truly a mystery.
Wouldn't you have loved to know what he said??
2.
Michelangelo Did Not Like Criticism Michelangelo is known for the sculpture of
David, the "Creation Of Adam", and painting the Sistine Chapel.
But he did not take criticism well!!
Actually, who does??
But Michelangelo also had no issue depicting his critics or his patrons in his paintings
as well.
When he was making one of his legendary paintings, "The Last Judgment", he was visited by the
Pope, and his entourage.
One of them was Biagio da Censa.
Who was appalled that Michelangelo had drawn naked men in the painting that was going to
be in the Sistine Chapel.
So appalled was he that he begged the Pope to have the painting taken down and said Michelangelo
should be "fired".
The Pope refused the proposal, but Michelangelo didn't care, so he decided to draw Biagio
da Censa in "The Last Judgment", but as a member of the underworld and being mutilated
by animals in rather horrific ways.
Biagio da Censa saw this and protested to the Pope again, but the Pope again refused
to intervene, stating that his jurisdiction did not cover the underworld.
You can get away with a lot of things when you're the pope!
And when you are an artistic genius!!
1.
James Bond May Have Been Real When it comes to "super spies", there are
few better than James Bond, and between the original Ian Fleming novels and the numerous
movie adaptations his legend is secured for all of history, but the debate about him remains...was
this based on a real guy?
It's hard to say for certain, but Ian Fleming definitely had an inspiration of sorts, and
that was off of real-life secret agent Dusan Popov.
He was a real spy, a double agent in fact.
And yes, he did work for Mi6, and he doubled as an agent for the Nazi's during.
In fact, he was so good at his job that he was able to get loads of information about
the Nazi's because they trusted him so much.
Just like James Bond, Popov was infamous for his flings with women, his love of drink,
and his love of gambling.
In fact, Ian Fleming himself got to see Popov gamble against a rich Lithuanian, who was
being a Bragasaurus at a Baccarat table.
So, Popov placed a $50,000 bet (a lot of money back then), and the moment he did, the Lithuanian
wised up.
It was this experience that led to the legendary scene that was in the first James Bond book,
Casino Royale.
But Popov's codename wasn't "007", it was "Agent Tricycle", which he got because of
his flings with women.
Did James Bond really exist?
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