{"id":8505,"date":"2020-02-20T10:00:22","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T10:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homeworkminutes.com\/infographics\/?p=8505"},"modified":"2020-02-20T10:00:22","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T10:00:22","slug":"surprising-facts-about-history-you-never-knew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homeworkminutes.com\/infographics\/surprising-facts-about-history-you-never-knew\/","title":{"rendered":"Surprising Facts About History You Never Knew"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An old saying goes as, \u201cThose who don\u2019t know history are doomed to repeat it.\u201d So, it is essential to know some facts about history crucial to us. Being an eager learner and a keen thinker, you must read about key dates and events that changed the past scenarios. Reading about history will help you understand historical figures and about the ancient era. These historical facts will make things more clear for you to understand the present times better and how revolution took place.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Paul Revere<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the story of Revere\u2019s famous ride, Paul Revere is said to warn the colonial militia of the approaching enemy force. But as per historians, he never yelled: \u201cThe British are coming!\u201dAs per the research by History.com, British troops hid in the Massachusetts countryside, and the operation was quiet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Olympics Award Medals for Art<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From 1912 to 1948, medals were given for literature, sculpture, painting, and music. Around 151 medals were awarded for these events. Also, art was required to keep up with the Olympic-theme. According to modern Olympics founder Pierre de Fredy, the addition of the arts was necessary to demonstrate the ancient Greek\u2019s ethics.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Attack on Napoleon\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Historians claimed that bunnies never attacked Napoleon Bonaparte, his chief of staff set it up. The emperor requested to arrange a rabbit hunt for him and his fellow men. The staff of the king rounded up 3000 rabbits for the occasion to release them from their cages. In turn, the bunnies who released out of their cages went straight towards Bonaparte. But we were taught that Napolean\u2019s greatest defeat was Waterloo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Ban on Women\u2019s Smoking in Public<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to The Sullivan Ordinance, women were not allowed to smoke in public in 1908. As per the historical fact, a New Yorker called Katie Mulcahey was arrested for her deed of striking a match and lighting a cigarette with it. To violate it, The Sullivan Ordinance passed a city law banning a woman from smoking in public.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>600 Plots Against Fidel Castro<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The former director of Cuba\u2019s intelligence service claims that there were more than 600 attempts to kill Fidel Castro. His opponents tried killing him, including criminals from the United States, as many times. They tried cruel tactics to conquer him, such as exploding cigar and through a poisoned diving suit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Cleopatra Was Not an Egyptian<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This historical fact will leave you dead-struck. Cleopatra, one of the last queen of Egypt, was not born in Egypt. According to historians, Cleopatra VII was Greek. According to great researchers and historians, Cleopatra was a descendant of Alexander.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Richard Nixon Was a Great Musician<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 37th President of the U.S. was an extremely talented musician and can play five instruments in total. He was talented in a way that he could play five instruments in total, i.e., piano, saxophone, clarinet. 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