Historical Oddities

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Benjamin Franklin believed this bird was "more respectable" than the national bird, the Bald Eagle:

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Wild Turkey

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Which president fought alongside troops while in office? Options: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ulysses S Grant, George Washington, William Henry Harrison

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George Washington

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The 6th president, John Quincy Adams, was inspired by an idea "so visionary," he tried to fund an expedition to find mole people at the center of the earth. True or False?

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False

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Did President Andrew Jackson challenge the best pistol marksman in the US to a duel in 1806, where he was shot first but still killed his opponent, Charles Dickenson?

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True

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Captain William Martin of the British Army was one of the main reasons D-Day was successful... which is strange because...

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he never existed and was really a homeless man who died eating rat poison

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Known for his bizarre tactics, Lt. Colonel John "Mad Jack" Churchill got famous for capturing a town in Italy in WW2 with only...

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a broadsword, a longbow, and his bagpipes

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The first Opium War from 1839 and 1842, fought between Britain and China, saw the creation of which naval tactic:

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Flaming Monkey Catapults... exactly as it sounds

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In the year 1518, in Alsace (Modern France), a disease spread between July and September which had what effect?

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It caused people to dance uncontrollably until they died.

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In 1932, Australia funded 2 wars (losing the first) against what enemy known for destroying their crops trying to starve its citizens?

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The "Emu" bird, a flightless bird similar to an ostrich

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Most Athenian philosophers, like Socrates and Anytus, are known for their wisdom. But their student Plato was strange because: he was a professional wrestler in the Olympics who would fight those who disagreed with his ideas

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he was a professional wrestler in the Olympics who would fight those who disagreed with his ideas