History is full of the most incredible facts and oddities. People in the entire history of their existence not only created, but many did to their own detriment, believing that they had found a panacea for all diseases or an ideal political solution.
This review has collected historical facts, which from the height of centuries seem somewhat strange.
1. Clothing made from asbestos
The Romans used asbestos in clothing and everyday items such as dish towels, napkins and tablecloths. Pliny the Elder (a Roman polymath writer) said that, unlike ordinary cloth, asbestos objects could be cleaned simply by throwing them into a fire. He also noted that slaves who wore asbestos clothes often suffered from lung diseases.2. Heart versus brain
V Ancient Egypt It was believed that people think not with the help of the brain, but with the heart. The Egyptians believed that the brain was essentially just a "stuffing" for the head. For this reason, they carefully scraped it out of the head during embalming and threw it away, and the heart was preserved with great care.
3. "Plague suit"
During the plague in the Middle Ages, some doctors wore a primitive form of biohazard suit called a "plague suit". This costume's mask had red glass eyepieces (to "make the wearer immune to evil") as well as a beak that was often filled with fragrant herbs and spices to kill the miasma that was also believed to spread plague.
4. 3370 years of war
"The Apotheosis of War" - a painting by Russian artist Vasily Vasilyevich Vereshchagin.
During the last 3500 years, there have been a total of only 230 years without war worldwide. It is worth considering whether there is any benefit from the "peace movement".
5. Bearded men
Among the urban population of Western Europe and America, beards fell out of fashion at the beginning of the 17th century. In 1698, Peter the Great ordered all boyars to shave off their beards, and in 1705 he even introduced a tax on beards.
6. "The Tale of Two Lovers"
The best-selling book of the 15th century was an erotic book called The Tale of Two Lovers. Its author was none other than Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini, otherwise known as Pope Pius II.
7. Sacred cats
In ancient Egypt, cats were considered sacred. When a family's beloved cat died, the entire family would shave off their eyebrows and mourn until the eyebrows grew back.
8. 20 slaves per Spartan
In 200 BC The Greek city of Sparta was at the height of its power. At this time, every citizen of Sparta had 20 slaves.
9. Prolonged war
Andorra declared war on Imperial Germany during World War I, but did not actually take part in the fighting. Interestingly, the country was officially at war until 1957, since it was not included in the Versailles Peace Treaty.
10. "Western schism"
During the so-called "Western Schism" or "Great Western Schism" (1378 - 1417), three people simultaneously claimed to be the true popes. When the cardinals refused to obey their chosen Pope Urban VI and declared him mentally ill, they elected an "alternative" Pope Clement VII. This caused great strife in the Church, which led to the election of a third Pope by the Council of Pisa.
11. From Pirates to Bankers
Sir William Paterson was the founder of the Bank of England. At the same time, few people know that before the foundation of the bank, he was suspected of piracy.12. Tea bags
In 1904, tea bags were invented quite by accident. Their inventor, Thomas Sullivan (a tea merchant), decided it would be cheaper for him to ship small samples of tea to potential customers in silk bags rather than boxes. The recipients mistakenly thought that these bags should be brewed. Sullivan was soon flooded with orders for his "tea bags."
13. First parachute
Most old design parachute can be found in an anonymous Italian Renaissance manuscript that dates back to 1470. The design looked like a frame attached to a conical dome. The man was hung from this frame with four straps attached to his waist belt.
14. Tobacco enemas
There were tobacco enemas in the late 1700s. With their help, tobacco smoke was blown into the patient's rectum for various medical purposes, primarily for resuscitation of victims of drowning.
15. Ancient depilation
In ancient Rome, there were people who specialized in plucking armpit hair. Somewhere around 1 AD among Roman aristocrats it became fashionable to remove all body hair. The following requirements were imposed on people of this profession: the presence of tweezers, strong hand and the ability to hold a reluctant client in place.
Almost all peoples, nations and countries have historical facts. Today we want to tell you about various interesting facts that were in the world, which many people know about, but it will also be interesting to read again. The world is not perfect, just like a person, and the facts about which we will tell will be bad. You will be interested, as each reader will learn something informative within their interests.
After 1703, Poganye Prudy in Moscow began to be called ... Chistye Prudy.
During the time of Genghis Khan in Mongolia, anyone who dared to urinate in any body of water was executed. Because the water in the desert was valued more than gold.
December 9, 1968 computer mouse was presented at a display of interactive devices in California. A patent for this gadget was received by Douglas Engelbart in 1970.
In England, in 1665-1666, the plague devastated entire villages. It was then that medicine recognized the usefulness of smoking, which supposedly destroyed the deadly infection. Children and teenagers were punished if they refused to smoke.
It wasn't until 26 years after the founding of the FBI that its agents got the right to bear arms.
In the Middle Ages, sailors deliberately inserted at least one gold tooth, even sacrificing a healthy one. What for? It turns out that for a rainy day, so that in case of death he could be honorably buried away from home.
First in the world mobile phone this is a Motorola DynaTAC 8000x (1983). 
Fourteen years before the sinking of the Titanic (April 15, 1912), a story by Morgan Robertson was published that foreshadowed the tragedy. Interestingly, according to the book, the ship "Titan" collided with an iceberg and sank, exactly as it actually happened.
DEAN - The head of the soldiers in the tents, in which the Roman army lived for 10 people, was called the dean.
The most expensive bathtub in the world is carved from a very rare stone called Caijou. They say that it has healing properties, and the places of its extraction are still kept secret! It was owned by a billionaire United Arab Emirates who wished to remain anonymous. The price of Le Gran Queen is $1,700,000. 
The English admiral Nelson, who lived from 1758 to 1805, slept in his cabin in a coffin that had been cut from the mast of an enemy French ship.
The list of gifts for Stalin in honor of the 70th anniversary was printed in advance in newspapers more than three years before the event.
How many types of cheese are produced in France? The famous cheese maker Andre Simon mentioned 839 varieties in his book “On the Cheese Business”. Camembert and Roquefort are the most famous, and the first one appeared relatively recently, only 300 years ago. This type of cheese is made from milk with the addition of cream. Already after 4-5 days of ripening, a mold crust appears on the surface of the cheese, which is a special fungal culture.
The famous inventor of the sewing machine, Isaac Singer, was married to five women at the same time. In general, from all the women he had 15 children. He named all his daughters Mary.
27 million people died in the Great Patriotic War.
One of unusual records when traveling by car, it belongs to two Americans - James Hargis and Charles Creighton. In 1930, they covered more than 11 thousand kilometers in "reverse", driving from New York to Los Angeles, and then returning back.
Two hundred years ago, not only men, but also women participated in the famous Spanish bullfights. This happened in Madrid, and on January 27, 1839, a very significant bullfight took place, because only representatives of the weaker sex took part in it. The most famous as a matador was the Spaniard Pajuelera. Women were banned from bullfighting in the early 20th century, when Spain was ruled by the Fascists. Women were able to defend their right to enter the arena only in 1974.
The first computer to include a mouse was the Xerox 8010 Star Information System minicomputer, introduced in 1981. The Xerox mouse had three buttons and cost $400, which equates to nearly $1,000 in 2012 inflation-adjusted prices. In 1983, Apple released its own one-button mouse for the Lisa computer, which was reduced to $25. The mouse gained wide popularity due to its use in Apple Macintosh computers and later in Windows for IBM PC compatible computers.
Jules Verne wrote 66 novels, including unfinished ones, as well as more than 20 novels and short stories, 30 plays, several documentary and scientific works.
When, in 1798, Napoleon was heading for Egypt with his army, he captured Malta along the way.
During the six days that Napoleon spent on the island, he:
Abolished the power of the Knights of the Order of Malta
- Carried out administration reform with the creation of municipalities and financial management
-Abolished slavery and all feudal privileges
- Appointed 12 judges
-Laid the foundations of family law
-Introduced primary and general public education
65-year-old David Baird ran his own marathon to raise money for research into prostate and breast cancer. For 112 days, David traveled 4115 kilometers, while pushing a wheelbarrow in front of him. And so he crossed the Australian continent. At the same time, he was on the move for 10-12 hours a day, and for the entire time of jogging with a wheelbarrow he covered a distance equal to 100 traditional marathons. This courageous man, having visited 70 cities, collected donations from Australian residents in the amount of about 20 thousand local dollars.
In Europe, lollipops appeared in the 17th century. At first they were actively used by doctors.
The group "Aria" has a song called "Will and Reason", few people know that this is the motto of the Nazis in fascist Italy.
A Frenchman from the town of Landes - Sylvain Dornon made his way from Paris to Moscow, moving on stilts. Having set off on March 12, 1891, covering 60 kilometers every day, the brave Frenchman reached Moscow in less than 2 months. 
Capital of Japan, Tokyo this moment- the largest city in the world with a population of 37.5 million people.
Rokossovsky is a marshal of the USSR and Poland at the same time.
Despite the popular belief that the transfer of Alaska to the United States of America was carried out by Catherine II, the Russian Empress has nothing to do with this historic deal.
Military weakness is considered one of the main reasons for this event. Russian Empire, which became apparent during Crimean War.
The decision to sell Alaska was made during a special meeting that took place in St. Petersburg on December 16, 1866. It was attended by all the top leadership of the country.
The decision was taken unanimously.
Some time later, the Russian envoy in the US capital, Baron Eduard Andreyevich Stekl, suggested that the American government buy Alaska from the Republic of Ingushetia. The proposal was approved.
And in 1867, for 7.2 million gold, Alaska came under the jurisdiction of the United States of America.
In 1502–1506 Leonardo da Vinci painted his most significant work - the portrait of Mona Lisa, the wife of Messer Francesco del Giocondo. Many years later, the picture received a simpler name - "La Gioconda".
girls in Ancient Greece got married at the age of 15. For men, the average age for marriage was a more respectable period - 30 - 35 years. The father of the bride himself chose a husband for his daughter and gave money or things as a dowry.
In 1992, a group of Australians set themselves the goal of winning the national lottery jackpot at all costs. They invested $5 million in lottery tickets(one dollar per ticket) to cover almost every possible combination and won $27 million.
II
One nun really needed a ladder, and she had no one to turn to. The pious woman began to earnestly pray to the patron saint of carpenters, Saint Joseph. Soon a man appeared on the doorstep, who offered his services and in a couple of months made a beautiful strong spiral staircase. When the work was completed, the man simply disappeared without receiving any payment or gratitude, and all attempts to find him were unsuccessful. It is curious that the staircase is made without any props, without a single nail, and at the same time makes a 360-degree turn. 
III
Elephants rape and kill rhinos. Only in one national park Pilanesberg (South Africa) 63 such cases were registered. 
IV
In 1995, the New York magazine Newsweek published an article "Why the Web Can Never Become Nirvana" mocking the future of the Internet. The author of the article ridiculed the idea that someday people will get the news, buy airline tickets and study online. This article can still be read on the publication's website. 
V
There is a territory between Egypt and Sudan that is not claimed by any state. It is called Bir Tawil and is a quadrangle with an area of about 2000 kilometers. In theory, this territory should now belong to Egypt. However, in 1958, Egypt demanded that Sudan return to the 1899 borders and transfer the Halayib Triangle, refusing Bir Tawil in return. Sudan refused. So Bir Tawil turned out to be the only "no man's land" outside of Antarctica. 
VI
In 1730, the French pirate Olivier Levasseur was sentenced to the gallows. Just before the execution, he unexpectedly threw a note with a cryptogram into the crowd, shouting: “Find my treasures if you can!” The treasure has not yet been found. 
VII
During the excavation of an ancient Roman temple in London's Southwark, a jar of ointment was discovered, which is at least 2000 years old. The substance retained its structure, it even left fairly clear fingerprints. 
VIII
The largest robbery in Japan took place in 1968. One day, a bank car carrying a large amount of money was stopped by a policeman on a motorcycle. He said that according to his information, a bomb was planted in the car and ordered everyone to get out. He then climbed inside "to defuse the explosive device." Suddenly, the car filled with smoke and the bank employees who were escorting the valuable cargo fled in a panic. And the “policeman” calmly left. During this heist (crime scene pictured below), 300 million yen was stolen and remains unsolved to this day. 
IX
Most of the borders of the Middle East were set by a couple of European aristocrats in 1916. The Frenchman François Georges-Picot and the Englishman Mark Sykes developed the so-called "Sykes-Picot Agreement", which demarcated the spheres of interest of Great Britain, France, Russia and Italy in the Middle East after the First World War. 
X
In 1967, Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt disappeared without a trace. Went for a swim with friends in the bay and vanished. He could not drown, as he was an excellent swimmer, there were no sharks in those places, and the cheerful prime minister had no reason to commit suicide. Holt's body was never found. This disappearance has entered Australian folklore. The expression "make Harold Holt" means to the locals to disappear suddenly and mysteriously. 
XI
In May 2013, an American Airlines flight from Los Angeles to New York was forced to make an emergency landing to expel a Whitney Houston fan who had driven passengers and crew to despair. The woman, without stopping with a good obscenity, yelled the famous hit “I Will Always love you” and flatly refused to shut up. She sang even when the police took her out of the salon:
Incredible Facts
History is a rather vast subject and it is impossible to fully study it, especially in the smallest detail.
Sometimes these seemingly insignificant details can become a very part of it.
Here are some interesting facts from history that will not be covered in class.
1. Albert Einstein could have been president. In 1952 he was offered the post of the second President of Israel, but he refused.
2. Kim Jong Il was a good composer and a lifetime Korean leader composed 6 operas.
3. The Leaning Tower of Pisa has always been tilted. In 1173, a team building the Leaning Tower of Pisa noticed that the base was warped. Construction was halted for almost 100 years, but the structure was never straight.
4. Arabic numerals were not invented by the Arabs, but by Indian mathematicians.
5. Before the invention of alarm clocks, there was a profession that wake other people up in the morning. So, for example, a person had to shoot dried peas at other people's windows to wake them up for work.
6. Grigory Rasputin survived many assassination attempts in one day. They tried to poison him, shoot him and stab him, but he managed to survive. In the end, Rasputin died in a cold river.
7. The shortest war in history lasted less than an hour. The Anglo-Zanzibar War lasted 38 minutes.
8. longest war in history took place between the Netherlands and the Scilly archipelago. The war lasted 335 years from 1651 to 1989 with no casualties on either side.
People, stories and facts
9. This amazing view, known as " majestic argentine bird", whose wingspan reached 7 meters, is the largest flying bird in history. It lived about 6 million years ago in the open plains of Argentina and in the Andes. The bird is a relative of modern vultures and storks, and its feathers reached the size of a samurai sword.
10. Using sonar, the researchers found at a depth of 1.8 km two strange pyramids. Scientists have determined that they are made of a kind of thick glass and reach enormous sizes (larger than the pyramids of Cheops in Egypt).
11. These two men with the same name were sentenced to the same prison and look very similar. However, they have never met, are not related and are the reason why fingerprints began to be used in the judicial system.
12. Foot binding- an ancient Chinese tradition, when girls tied their toes to their feet. The idea was that the smaller the foot, the more beautiful and feminine the girl was considered.
13. The most strange and frightening mummies are considered mummies of Guanajuato. Their twisted faces make one believe that they were buried alive.
14. Heroin was once used as a substitute for morphine and was used to relieve coughs in children.
15. Joseph Stalin may have been the inventor of Photoshop. After the death or disappearance of some people, photos with him were edited.
16. Recent DNA tests have confirmed that parents ancient egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen were brother and sister. This explains many of his illnesses and defects.
17. The Icelandic Parliament is considered oldest functioning parliament in the world. It was founded in 930.
Unexplained and mysterious facts of history
18. For years, miners in South Africa have been digging mystery balls about 2.5 cm in diameter with three parallel furrows. The stone from which they are made belongs to the Precambrian period, that is, their age is about 2.8 billion years.
19. It is believed that Catholic saints do not decay. The oldest of the "non-decomposing" is Caecilia of Rome who was martyred in 177 AD. Her body remains virtually the same as it was 1,700 years ago when it was discovered.
20. Cipher from Chaboro in the UK is one of the unsolved mysteries so far. If you look closely, you can see the inscription in the form of letters on the monument: DOUOSVAVVM. No one knows who carved this inscription, but many believe it is the key to finding holy grail.
Prospects for making a profit - it was believed that at a speed of 60 km / h, passengers would suffocate.