Human history is full of mysteries and secrets, and scientists need time to unravel them. However, many facts, events and personalities that they have already managed to find out can really surprise you, and even make you look at the past from a different angle. Here are some of them.
First people, wars and Ancient Egypt
The seal on Tutankhamun's tomb remained intact for 3225 years!
Hunting mammoths was not a common activity for people of the Paleolithic era. Most likely, they were looking for already dead animals for the sake of meat, skin and bones.
Three of the bloodiest wars in human history took place in China.
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The youngest Pope in history was 11 years old.
It is not known exactly why the Sphinx does not have a nose. There is a drawing of the Sphinx, made in 1737, 60 years before Napoleon arrived in Egypt.
Raising children, family values and longevity
In the late 19th century, you could take your wife to the market and sell her. This tradition was a kind of deception of an unsuspecting wife.
By the 100th anniversary of the Patriotic War, which took place in the Russian Empire in 1812, it was possible to find not only living witnesses of these events, but also participants in the Battle of Borodino.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, author of the famous philosophical works on how to raise children, sent all five of his children to boarding schools.
A piece of wedding cake is kept in Britain from the wedding of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1840.
America's most famous president, George Washington, never lived in the White House, as the building was not yet completed at the time.
Inventions and finds
The artist and inventor Samuel Morse received the news of his wife's death so late that he could not attend her funeral in time. This prompted him to develop a way to spread messages faster.
Believe it or not, there is a patent for toilet paper. It was released in 1891.
In the fall of 1914, as the German army approached Paris, five thousand French soldiers were taken to the front lines in just one night by taxi.
On June 20, 1941, Soviet archaeologists discovered Tamerlane's grave.
In the UK in 1947, the rationing system was still in use. The government had to make additional cards to make a wedding dress for Elizabeth II.
Yuri Gagarin did not actually pilot Vostok-1 during the well-known historic flight into space. The entire flight was controlled automatically.
British musician Jimmy Nichol was actually the fifth member of The Beatles. He replaced Ringo Starr on 8 concerts in Hong Kong, Denmark, the Netherlands and Australia so as not to interrupt the tour.
Pointless wars, executions and child labor
In 1969, a bloody war broke out between El Salvador and Honduras. She was called up by football matches for the right to take part in the World Cup in 1970.
The first country to use gas against enemy forces in World War I was not Germany, but France. French army soldiers used gas grenades and therefore had to wear gas masks.
The last execution in Western Europe was not carried out with poison or firearms. The perpetrator was executed by guillotine. This happened in 1977.
In England, for over 200 years, children were forced to clean chimneys. It was much easier for them to get into the chimney compared to adults. This work for children was banned only after doctors declared that it was very dangerous for their health.
Anna Pismenna