Weird and Fun Facts in World History

History is a very interesting subject as well as informative and full of surprises. Personally, it used to be my favorite subject. Here are some Weird and Fun Facts in World History. Have a look:-

1. A dog who was awarded a medal!!

Do you know that during the Second World War, a very famous breed of dog, Great Dane named Luciana, was awarded the Blue Cross Medal.

Juliana was a pet dog living in Britain who was awarded two Blue Cross medals. In April 1941, two bombs were dropped on Britain. One of which is believed to have fallen right on top of the house in which Juliana and her master lived. Juliana immediately urinated on the bomb which put out the fire and a major accident was averted.

Not only this but after 3 years in November 1944, Juliana again saved the lives of her owners. He immediately informed his owners about the fire in his shop. If she had not shown so much understanding, then that fire could have taken a fierce form. Due to this, she was awarded the second Blue Cross medal.

In 1946, this faithful animal was put to death after being poisoned.

2 . There were also female gladiators in historical Rome.

Friends, we and you must have seen many movies of the time of ancient Rome, in which many warriors used to have bloody competitions among themselves just for entertainment, but if I say that there were women warriors at that time, then?

If we look at the pages of history, the evidence found indicates that in the first century, women also participated in the fighting competition in the Roman Empire. Those who were called Gladiatrix in English.

These courageous women received the same training as male gladiators and were able to perform aggressive martial arts as well as fight animals. But later due to social disparities, they were banned full-time.

3. A volcano that can make you deaf even from a distance of thousands of miles!!

Krakatoa is an active volcano in the Lempang region of Indonesia, between the islands of Java and Sumatra.

It is said to be the loudest volcanic eruption ever recorded in history.

Between 26 and 27 August in 1883, there were continuous eruptions of Krakatoa, which are called the worst volcanic event in history.

It was such a terrible explosion that it was heard about 4000 km away in Australia and about 5000 km in the west as far as Mauritius. The intensity of this terrible explosion was about 15000 times more than the bomb called Little Boy dropped in Hiroshima!! Thousands of people lost their lives in this horrific incident. The effect of this terrible explosion reached the stratosphere layer of the atmosphere and you will not believe it, because of this the moon also appeared blue at night. Its intensity is the loudest sound ever recorded on earth i.e. more than 300 decibels!!

4. The shortest fight in history.

Do you know that the shortest battle in history lasted only 38 minutes!

A battle was fought in 1896 called the Andrew Zanzibar War. It is called the shortest war in history. This fight took place between the UK and the Zanzibar Sultanate. On 27 August 1896, this fight did not last more than just 38 minutes.

The most surprising thing is that even in such a short war, more than 500 people were killed or injured.

5. Princeton's Cat Experiment!

In 1929, two professors of Princeton University did a strange test on cats.

These two made a cat unconscious by giving it a large dose of sedation. And converted it into a telephone to learn how our auditory nerves pick up sound. First, they opened the brain of the unconscious but alive cat so that His auditory nerve can be seen better and better. He then connected one end of a telephone wire to this nerve. And connected the other end of the wire to the receiver of the telephone.

How weird does it sound?

After arranging this. When one professor spoke something into the cat's ear, the other professor could hear it clearly through a receiver 50 feet away in a soundproof room.

This means the cat was acting as the transmitting end of the telephone!!

6. India, a great country in South Asia, has never invaded or illegally occupied any country in its last 10000 years of history.

It has fought many wars with its neighboring country Pakistan and once it even came to the point that India could have annexed Pakistan if it wanted, but it did not happen. India has always been a symbol of peace and love, it is the only country in the world that holds this record! My India is great.

7. The oldest university in the world is in India.

More than 3000 years ago there used to be a huge university in ancient India where thousands of students used to come from all over the world to study. It was called Takshashila University.

It was a world-famous center of Vedic and Buddhist education. It is a matter of great wonder that thousands of years ago teachers used to work for free at this university. You used to get Diksha only after studying for 12 years or you can say that after studying for 12 years you used to get the degree.

Thousands of years ago, when there was no name of medical science in the world, this university was the biggest center of Ayurvedic science.

To graduate from Takshashila University was a matter of great pride at that time. Famous scholar and diplomat, great economist Chanakya also completed his education here and also taught here.

After bestowing wisdom to the world for hundreds of years, it was finally completely destroyed in the 6th century by foreign invaders.

Along with Chanakya, the great Ayurvedacharya Charak and grammarian Panini are his passed students.

8. The Taj Mahal and the pile of bamboo.

The Taj Mahal in Agra, India can be a symbol of love for the world. But do you know that during the Second World War, this symbol of love was completely covered by a pile of bamboo. Yes!

This step was taken so that there was no damage to it by the fighter planes flying above during the war and it also worked, there was no damage to the Taj Mahal. Taking inspiration from this, when India fought with Pakistan in 1965 and 1971, the same work or method was adopted.

9. Voting booth for only one voter!

Let's meet Mahant Bharat Das Ji who is the only voter of Bhanez village situated in the middle of the Giri forests of Gujarat.

There was neither electricity nor mobile phone in this village. He came from Rajasthan 22 years ago and settled in this place.

Even after his death, he has left an example for us. How we should use our right to vote with full devotion and dedication.

According to the rules of the Election Commission of India, no voter in the country should go more than 2 kilometers to cast his vote. This was the reason that the Election Commission of India made a polling booth for only one man, that too in such a deserted place.

10. A small key could have saved the Titanic.

Imagine about 2000 lives could be saved with just one key.

Yes, it is absolutely true!

You all know that the reason for the sinking of Titanic was its collision with a huge iceberg.

He could not be seen in the dark of night and by the time people could see the ship had collided with him.

The only thing that could have stopped this from happening was binoculars!

But unfortunately, the telescope was kept in a locker whose key was with a man named David Blair whose job shift was over and he was not on the ship. Due to this that huge iceberg could not be seen in time and a big accident was recorded in black ink in the pages of history.

So, friends, I hope you would have liked these funny but strange facts. Good night till the next post, bye.