Facts in "History" Category
#2311 - History Fact     1  1892 By Presidential Proclamation 1.8 million acres of Crow Indian reservation in Montana were opened to White settlers. The U.S. government had induced the Crow to give up a sizable portion of their land in the mountainous western area of Montana. The Crow received 50 cents per acre for their land. |
| #2312 - History Fact 1 DaVinci made detailed drawings of human anatomy, which are still highly regarded today. |
| #2313 - History Fact 1 DaVinci wrote notebook entries in mirror (backwards) script, a trick that kept many of his observations from being widely known until decades after his death. It is believed that he was hiding his scientific ideas from the powerful Roman Catholic Church, whose teachings sometimes disagreed with what Leonardo observed. |
| #2314 - History Fact 0 When Gaius Caesar was a boy, Roman soldiers affectionately nicknamed him "little boots" for the boy-sized military footwear he sported. |
| #2315 - History Fact 0 Although most people think that Napoleon was short, he was actually five feet six inches tall (1.676 meters), an average height for a Frenchman in those days. |
| #2316 - History Fact -1 The German Kaiser Wilhelm II had a withered arm and often hid the fact by posing with his hand resting on a sword, or by holding gloves. |
| #2317 - History Fact -2 More than 5,600 men died while building the Panama Canal. Today, it takes more than 8,000 workers to run and maintain the canal. It takes a ship an average of 33 hours to travel the length of the canal. |
| #2318 - History Fact 0 Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was the first American to have plumbing installed in his house, in 1840. |
| #2319 - History Fact 2 The ancient Etruscans painted women white and men red in the wall paintings they used to decorate tombs. |
| #2320 - History Fact -1 The dirt road that General Washington and his soldiers took to fight off General Clinton during the Battle of Monmouth was called the Burlington Path. |
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