Weird history facts

1. Mir Osman Ali Khan, the fifth richest man in the history of mankind - donated 5 tons gold to the National Defence Funds of India and was using the Jacob Diamond as a paperweight.

1. Leonardo Da Vinci's last words were: "I have offended God and Mankind, by doing so little with my life."

There’s a weird, probably creepy, unknown detail in every historic moment.

1. James Sligo Jameson, the heir to Irish whiskey manufacturer Jameson's, bought an 11-year-old girl and offered her to cannibals to document and sketch how she was cooked and eaten.

1. During the 1918 flu pandemic, 62 Boston prisoners volunteered to be injected with infected tissue and sprayed with infectious aerosols with a promise of release if they survived. All of the prisoners lived, but the ward doctor died soon after.

1. People from England in the past used to believe that collecting fern seeds would make you invisible. It turns out they don’t have seeds.

Stuff you normally wont find in textbooks.

Stuff you normally wont find in textbooks.

Before Columbus: 40 Captivating Historical Facts About the Pre-Columbian Americas - Fact Republic

1. There have been 5 attempts to ban coffee throughout history, the last attempt being in 1777 by Frederick the Great of Prussia who issued a manifesto declaring beer’s superiority over coffee. He believed that coffee interfered with the country’s beer consumption.