44 Random Bits of Historical Trivia That You’d Be Shocked to Find in Your Genealogical Research
Like it or not, you’re somehow linked to all this past insanity

Directly or indirectly, every wild historical fact on this list has somehow affected you and/or the world around you. Borders lie where they are now because of sometimes pretty silly conflicts, and we socially interact with people based on norms created centuries ago.
In looking at all this insanity, we’re glad that a ton of this behavior died off quite a while ago. Some is sadly still alive and well, but we can work to right those wrongs, right? Who’s with us?!?!
Flamethrowers

Giovanni Aldini

6th Century Pope

17th Century Japan

Source: Musashi's Book of Five Rings
The Aztecs

Source: Mexicolore
Mayan Artifacts

The University of Oxford

The Roman Empire’s Best-Kept Secret

Drinking in Ancient Persia

The Founding Fathers

Racism

Adrian Carton de Wiart

The Pig War

The Dark Ages

Silver Mining

John Murray Spear

The Greco-Turkish War

Ancient Bandages

Ancient Airbnb

Roast Battles

France

The War of Jenkins

Ancient Persia

Oxford Predates the Aztecs

Empires

Source: PBS International
The First Shopping Mall

Source: The Culture Trip
Independence Day

SSource: CNN
Ancient Greece

Bread Bowls

Source: British Library
Constantinople

Justin II

Swords

The Middle Ages

The Civil War

Source: Lies Across America
Ancient Persian Torture

Collecting Holy Foreskins

Ancient Egypt

Source: The Met Museum
The Fall of Rome

The Roman Empire

Borders

Water Tanks

World War I

The NFL

Source: History
Jamestown
