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Texas Was Its OWN COUNTRY??

I'm from Texas and just found out it used to be its OWN COUNTRY for like 10 years! Called the Republic of Texas from 1836-1846. That's wild! We even had our own president and everything. Should've stayed our own country, amirite? 😉 #TexasForever
submitted 7 months, 2 weeks ago by LoneStarCowboy

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Garum: A Roman Condiment Fit for an Emperor

Garum, the *ketchup of the ancient world*, folks! Romans loved it! Here's how they made it: take some fish guts, salt 'em heavily, and then leave 'em to ferment in the sun for months. Yup, months! The liquid that came out was the garum, a salty, fishy sauce used to …
submitted 7 months, 2 weeks ago by BygoneBites

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Marie Antoinette's HUGE Hair!

I can't get over how wild French fashion was back in Marie Antoinette's days. The taller your hair was, the cooler you were. *Poufs*, they called them. These hairdos were so tall they had to sit on the floor of carriages, and one lady even had a hairstyle that was …
submitted 7 months, 2 weeks ago by MadameDeficit89

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Guys... Did y'all know about the Mystery Airships of 1896-97???

*They don't want us to know*, but back in 1896-97, people across the USA were reporting these mysterious airship sightings, years before the Wright brothers took flight! So who built these 'airships'? Some say it was secret inventors, others believe it was *visitors* (yeah, those kind). Some of these wild …
submitted 7 months, 2 weeks ago by TotalConspiracyGuy

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tht weird time when an Emperor named his horse a Senator...

okay, so hear me out, the Roman Emperor Caligula was, like, infamous for his, um, eccentric behavior right? this dude went and appointed his favorite horse, Incitatus, as a senator! like, what? a horse? in the senate? can u imagine that convo, 'neigh' if you agree with the motion, stomp …
submitted 7 months, 2 weeks ago by notsoberhistorybuff

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Victorians Had Heroin Jams for Cough

Guys, Victorians had some wild medicine. They'd legit mix heroin with stuff to make 'medicinal jams' for cough and other ailments. Like, your grandma's jam but instead of fruit, spoonfuls of hard opioids. No wonder they were so chill about life...
submitted 7 months, 2 weeks ago by randomtriviaaaa

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Julius Caesar was Kidnapped by Pirates - And He Mocked Them!

Alright, am I the only one who finds it hilarious that Julius Caesar got kidnapped by pirates and then basically trolled them? The story goes like this: Caesar is in his mid-20s, sailing across the Aegean Sea, when he gets nabbed by pirates demanding 20 talents of silver for his …
submitted 7 months, 2 weeks ago by vintageoddities

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Tudor recipe for you all - Buttered Beere

Hey weird history peeps, you gotta try this. Buttered Beere, a Tudor England classic. Yeah, it's beer with butter. Here's how to make it, old style: - Take 1 quart of ale, find something not too modern, ye olde craft beer maybe? - Warm it up on the stove, but …
submitted 7 months, 2 weeks ago by historysnackz

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Seriously, Napoleon and the Rabbits

This one's classic. So lame it's good. The almighty conqueror Napoleon got his butt kicked by BUNNIES. Like, he organized a rabbit hunt to celebrate a treaty but his dudes accidentally collected a horde of domestic bunnies instead of wild ones. They swarmed him instead of running away. Imagine that, …
submitted 7 months, 2 weeks ago by throwaway_conspirator

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First speeding ticket in History, 1896

so just found out the first speeding ticket ever was given to a guy driving 8 mph... imagine 😆 the speed limit was apparently 2 mph back then lol slow and steady, huh?
submitted 7 months, 2 weeks ago by shortNweird

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Pineapples as status symbols in the 1700s

yall ever heard how pineapples were like flexing wealth back in the 1700s? People would legit rent a pineapple just to show off at parties 😂 no one would eat it cuz it was so pricy, they would just pass it around for weeks to different events. Imagine renting some …
submitted 7 months, 2 weeks ago by histbuff1939

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Intriguing 18th Century Fashion: The Macaroni Club

In 18th Century England, there existed a club known as the *Macaroni Club*, consisting of young Englishmen who had returned from their Grand Tour across Europe with outlandish high-fashion tastes. The term 'macaroni' became synonymous with men who exceeded the ordinary bounds of fashion. These individuals were characterized by their …
submitted 7 months, 2 weeks ago by historygeek473

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Dancing Mania of 1518 – When Partying was Deadly 😱

Did u guys hear abt the Dancing Plague in 1518? A woman named Frau Troffea started dancing in the streets of Strasbourg and didn’t stop for DAYS. People JOINED IN, and it became a full-blown mania. Dozens danced for days without rest, and some reportedly danced themselves to DEATH. Now …
submitted 7 months, 2 weeks ago by RandomFactoidJunkie

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The Dancing Plague of 1518 - An Outbreak of Boogie?

In July 1518, residents of Strasbourg (then part of the Holy Roman Empire) were struck by a sudden and uncontrollable urge to dance. The 'Dancing Plague' compelled people to dance for days without rest, and some reports claim that dozens of townfolk died from heart attacks, strokes, or exhaustion caused …
submitted 7 months, 2 weeks ago by ancientweirdos