There is a thought that history is boring and we should just focus on the exciting things the future will bring. However, there are fascinating people and events that without our knowing have shaped and changed the course of the world. We have compiled a list of interesting historical facts. Some may surprise you. It’s been said that in order not to repeat the mistakes of our ancestors, we need to know about them first. It would have been great to meet some of these intriguing characters from the past.
Risque Historical Facts That Might Make You Blush. They Definitely Didn't Teach You These Facts In School.
By
Michael Avery in
Facts
On 11th October 2017
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Catherine the Great had a secret salon with salacious furniture.
The extremely "adult" chairs, couches, and tables were decorated with naked people.
During WWII, Norway was occupied by the Nazis. Resistance fighters gave the Nazis diarrhea via sardine cans.
The resistance fighters snuck into sardine-canning plants and instead of just sardines, filled the cans with croton oil - which happens to be a powerful laxative. The Nazis then sent the canned fish to their soldiers, some of whom were in submarines. NOT a pretty sight.
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The Welsh didn't actually have relations with sheep nearly as much as the records show.
When Wales joined the United Kingdom, they found a loophole in the laws regarding sheep - if you were caught stealing a sheep, your hand was cut off. If you were caught having relations with a sheep, just your finger was. So lots of sheep thieves just *said* they were sheep-lovers to avoid the harsher punishment.
Empress Wu Zetian would make visiting dignitaries "service" her to show her power.
She ruled China on her own, the first woman to do so in 3000 years, so she showed her authority over men who came to her audience by making them pleasure her with their mouths.
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It was popular in France for royal women to give birth in front of a crowd.
Marie Antoinette had such a large audience that she was almost crushed by the throng of people who tried to fit into her room at Versailles when she was giving birth.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau was obsessed with being spanked.
The philosopher and writer would actually chase women around with his pants pulled down in an effort to get spanked. Maybe ask first, Rousseau!
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President Lyndon B. Johnson once pulled out his junk during an interview.
The reporter kept asking him about why American troops were in Vietnam, and Johnson brandished his, er, Johnson and said: "THIS IS WHY!"
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During the Iron Age (1200-550 BCE), the new High King of the Celts was inaugurated by having relations with a white mare.
The white mare was then eaten.
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Some of the gunpowder used in the American Revolution was made, in part, from pee.
The old-timey recipe for gunpowder - which was in short supply during revolutionary times - includes niter, which could be made from soaking soil in human or animal urine and letting it dry.
