Facts in "History" Category
#2261 - History Fact     9  Spiral staircases in medieval castles are running clockwise. This is because all knights used to be right-handed. When the intruding army would climb the stairs they would not be able to use their right hand which was holding the sword because of the difficulties of climbing the stairs. Left-handed knights would have had no troubles, except left-handed people could never become knights because it was assumed that they were descendants of the devil. |
| #2262 - History Fact 1 Alexander the Great was an epileptic. |
| #2263 - History Fact 7 Shakespeare spelled his OWN name several different ways. |
| #2264 - History Fact 7 Historians report that the Roman Emperor Gaius (Caligula) (AD 37-41) was so proud of his horse that he gave him a place as a senate consul before he died. |
| #2265 - History Fact 4 Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox. |
| #2266 - History Fact 1 Daniel Boone detested coonskin caps. |
| #2267 - History Fact 1 The Tower of London, for which construction was begun in 1078 by William the Conqueror, once housed a zoo. It also has served as an observatory, a mint, a prison, a royal palace, and (at present) the home of the Crown Jewels. |
| #2268 - History Fact -2 In the original architectural design, the French Cathedral of Chartes had six spires (It was built with two spires). |
| #2269 - History Fact 1 Vincent Van Gogh painted a picture a day in the last 70 days of his life. |
| #2270 - History Fact -1 It took 20,000 men 22 years to build the Taj Mahal. |
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