31 Largely Unknown But Devastating Historical Events

Would it probably be good for the population to know about all of history’s atrocities? Sure. Unfortunately, thanks to the depths of our own depravity, learning about every horrible thing that’s happened simply takes too much time. So, some disasters get left on the back burner.

Thankfully, Redditors are here to flesh out our full knowledge of the worst bits of history. In an AskReddit thread, they collected some of the most devastating events from the past that, for whatever reason, don’t often make the syllabus. 

Read on to further lose faith in humanity’s inherent goodness!