forum Random/Unusual/Obscure Historical Facts?

Started February 17, 2020 by @ElderGod-Icefire

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Well that escalated quickly.

Fun fact I learned today: apparently there's a lot of evidence to suggest that Europe in the 17th century went through a climate change crisis. Except in their version, the world cooled down (by about 2 degrees Celsius)

Something that maybe some people know, but probably a good chunk of people don’t know:

On this day in Canada, February 20th 1959, the Avro Arrow was cancelled. It was going to be a plane of the 1960s, and designed to be a supersonic interceptor plane. For its time, the Avro was very advanced. The plane, after being taken out of commission; all models were taken apart via torch. The only remaining piece of the Arrow (that isn’t a replica) is a nosepiece.
The day (while we do have the other thing here in Canada, I’m mostly talking aerospace and aviation history here) became known as Black Friday.

_{and it is something I am still upset over as well as a lot of other Canadians.}

There was a war called the Anglo-Zanzibar war. It lasted 38 minutes.

Before alarm clocks, people were hired to wake people up by shooting dried peas from a blowgun at windows.

In 1923, Frank Hayes won a horse race even though he was dead. He had a heart attack during the race, but his body stayed in the saddle long enough for him to win.

Alexander the Great and Hephaestion were totally lovers, but most historians refuse to recognize this fact