10 Noteworthy History Facts
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10 Noteworthy History Facts
Abraham Lincoln created the Secret Service on the day he was assassinated.
Marie Curie's research papers are still radioactive more than a century later. People need protective gear to handle them.
The first programmable computer was created by German engineer Konrad Zuse in his parents' living room in 1936.
Winston Churchill's mother was American, so Winston Churchill was eligible for US citizenship.
The Declaration of Independence was not actually signed on July 4th, 1776. Most representatives signed it on August 2nd.
The guillotine was still used for executions in France until 1977.
Without glasses, John Lennon was legally blind. He had vision of 20/800 without corrective lenses.
When the Spanish arrived in the Americas, there were over 60 million buffalo roaming the plains. By the end of the 19th century, fewer than 1,000 remained.
Smallpox killed an estimated 300-500 million people in the 20th century before being eradicated in 1980.
The Great Wall of China is not actually visible from space, despite the common myth.
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