33 Trivia Tidbits About History
Us and history? We go way back!

We have a complicated relationship with our old pal, History. With a relationship that long, how could it not be?
It’s had some incredibly regrettable phases that we don’t look back on fondly, but then again, if things didn’t happen just the way they did, we might not even be here to tell its tale. It’s symbiotic, if you ask us. A tad toxic? Hard to tell. We need an outsider’s perspective on that one.
Would you please check out some of our past moments and let us know?
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The Ballad of the Green Berets


The Vietnam War

The Pony Express





The Constitution





Interracial Marriage

Empires









Slow your roll, Betsy

A “fireproof” building was the deadliest single-building fire in U.S. history.

Unbeatable record: 815 starts and counting.


And it could sure pick locks


The Castle of Murder

