For every eye-rolling “the Titanic’s pool still has water in it” fun facts, there are still good ones out there, for example, did you know that Victorian era painters ground up mummies to make paint? “Mummy brown” wasn’t just a euphemism.
We’ve gathered some of the best, craziest facts from this online comment thread, from rather concerning facts about where the world is headed, to the random shenanigans folks got up to in the past. So get comfortable as you read through the list, upvote the ones you didn’t know before and be sure to share your own thoughts and examples in the comments section down below.
The ancient Egyptians existed so long that the ancient Egyptians were studying ancient Egypt like it was ancient
The median life expectancy in the 1800s was around 40 and people were eating organic food, but they didn’t have modern medicine. The median life expectancy now is around 77, but weirdly people want to romanticize that era by avoiding medical advances.
Africa is the richest Continent on the planet. They are not poor, they are over exploited
the Titanic swimming pool still has water in it
They erased women inventors, scientists, artists, philosophers, etc, from history to make it look like we ain’t smart.
The Vietnam war was an absolute waste of time, resources and human life and the fact the United States government was never held responsible for that is absurd
the roman coliseum had advertisement banners hanging on it just like modern day sports games. but no movies put that in cause they think its to modern and no one believes ancient people did this.