39 Historical Trivia Tidbits That Changed Our Idiot Idea of the Past

We think we have a pretty good idea of how a lot of history played out, but some of these facts and statistics are enough to shake that faith. Do we even know anything about anything?

Perhaps it’s a startling discovery that defies conventional wisdom. Perhaps it’s a bizarre anecdote that’s too good to be true. Whatever the case may be, it’s the small, startling bits of history that are possibly the most entertaining — the kind of information that’s so bizarre and out there that it can never be replicated, even if someone tried to. In no real logical order, here are 39 such facts...