17 crazy historical facts that are worth repeating again and again
The story is not a straight line. It's a circle.
As the proverb says, if you do not learn from the story, then you are sentenced to ... Yeah, yes, yeah. Look: sometimes, the story is repeated. Whether it's good (a cultural obsession with cats), a bad (geopolitical conflict) or simply boring (inchesable traffic), it is like the way the chronology works. That's all to say, history is not a straight line. It's a circle. See for yourself!
1 Rome's traffic jams were incredibly terrible
Former Rome was in the grip of a horrible traffic that lasted all dayandAll night long. It was so bad that,according to Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis, he brought people to die literally, thanks to recurring insomnia because of the sound pollution.And you thought the 405 was bad ...
To be fair, yes, that the Roman writer was one of the first satinists in the world, so it is possible that the whole claim "dead people" was a bit exaggerated. But the point remains: traffic has always been - and will always be a terrible and inevitable part of urban life.
2 Ancient Egypt was obsessed with the cate.
Internet positively looks at cats. The images and videos of furring felines are constantly viral online, where they are designed on Reddit, Facebook, Instagram, etc. This obsession is nothing new, however. Humans loved cats for millennia, all the way back, especially formerEgypt.
Cats were present in cultural and religious iconography, and even considered an important member of the household. It is said that when a cat is dead, all household members brew their eyebrows in mourning. Now it's love.
3 Medical marijuana existed in China in 2737 BC.
For almost all human history, people have beenUsing cannabis For its healing properties. There are so long as 2737 B.C., there are records ofcannabis teaBe prescribed in China to treat diseases such as gout, rheumatism and malaria. Since then, it has been used medically around the world, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Africa. However, as it was incriminated in the United States in 1916, many lost sight of these healing properties. Only recent progress in legislation are beginning to change negative public perception.
4 The Rome government has been closed for years at once
Yes, the United States has recently crossed its longest closure of its history, leaving hundreds of thousands of congratilated federal employees. But we are not the only country - neither the only time - to experiment with serious stops. In Roman times, there was a similar strategy to resolve conflicts:Sexio plebis.
Basically, the plebeians abandon the city by mass, leaving those in power (the patricians) to reproduce, to force the two parties to come to the table of discussions. And it was usually a long process. In fact, historians believe that The firstSexio plebis lastedtwo whole years: from 495 to 493 BC. In the end, the patricians created the Tribune des Plebs, giving the representation of the Government Hoil Polloi for the first time in the history of the Republic.
Secession plebis produces four times more during Roman history. The final instance occurred in 287 BC.E. and resulted in the passage ofLex hydrangea, a law that accorded political rights equal to plebeians and patricians-theoretically, at least.
5 The average life expectancy of the world in 1900 was 31 years old
Done: People today live to be older than ever before. We can attributethe elongation of the human life Big jumps of science and healthier life practices. To better understand how far we have come, consider that in 1900 theWorld average life expectancyWas 31. Today, because of the progression of humanity, world average life expectancy has more than doubled: at 71.5.
6 That's what an ADF plan 100 years ago
In his book of 1889,Food for fat: a treatise on corpulence and diet for its healing, authorNathaniel Edward DaviesSort against obesity, explaining that "the power of enjoyment is limited in the corpulent person, because the effort is assisted with shortness of breath, which prohibits the active exercise ... Temperament is proverbially easy to live, indolent And lethargic, especially after the meals, although very often interrupted by attacks of perpetuity and irritability. "
To avoid becoming a corpulent person if Peevasse, Davies sets out a fairly clear set of food restrictions than "an ordinary person should take". This consists of:
4.5 ounces of nitrogen food
3 ounces of fats
14.5 ounces of carbohydrates
1 oz of salts
For breakfast, it recommends a large cup of tea or coffee, with two to three ounces of bread or biscotties, "very finely buttered" and three to four ounces of "meat or light fish. For lunch, "an ordinary dish of soup," seven or eight ounces of roast or porridge meat, fish or flat of meat, a "small plate of non-trained pudding" and five or six ounces of fruits. For dinner: six to eight ounces of light wine; toast; hard eggs, fish, or any dish of meat; A glass of whiskey and water "with some gluten-free cookies. »
Give or take some carbohydrates and alcoholic beverages, is thatso different fromThe South Beach Diet?
7 In the 19th century, failures was considered a trivial, brain-rotting waste time
People have become prisoners in their screens, getting more and more time glued to games on their smartphones, tablets and televisions. With this increase in entertainment on screen, there has been an equal increase in a unhealthy sedentary lifestyle. But it's nothing new; people have the same complaints aboutvideo games As they used to have people aboutchess, Which an 1859 edition ofAmerican scientistcalled "very inferior fun", claiming that he had no advantage over the body.
8 Laura Ingalls Wilder Career took off ... 65 years old
Young people feel these days an incredible pressure to succeed at a young age, promoting unhealthy habits and harm self-esteem. It is worth remembering that success can come to any age, just look atLaura Ingalls Wilder. She has been a teacher, an agricultural worker, and a mother before she never eventook into consideration writing. She was 65 whenThe little house in the big woodswas published and 76 when his last book was published. Now she remembers for writing some of America's most expensive literature.
9 TheFounding fathers were name vicious people calling
Of course, they helped build a nation, but behind closed doors, they were Catty as children. On a1776 Travel to Sten IslandBen Franklin and John Adams spent the night in New Brunswick Inn, where they shared the last room. They hardly sleep, but because they could not stop discussing the opportunity to keep the window open or closed. Even the greatest spirits fall into low pitfalls, from time to time.
And long before the President Trump came around Hurling names like "Cryin Chuck" and "Crooked Hillary," Vice President Thomas Jefferson and President John Adams may have one of the most ugly presidential battles. The war of words resulted in Adams called a "hideous hermaphroditical character, which has neither the strength and firmness of a man, nor the sweetness and sensitivity of a woman, while Jefferson was labeled" a Mesquine, low-term comrade "(which was followed by a series of racial insults, we will dare to repeat).
10 In 1830, the average American Drank 7 liters of alcohol per year
Of the cultural concern with artisanal beer at the obsession of Instagram withPinkIt may seem like the Americans consume more alcohol than ever. While the consumption of alcohol per capita has been more and more slow since 1994, we resemble abstinent compared to the years of American yesteryear.Back in 1830, The American average consumed7 gallons alcohol a year. It's nearly two 750ml bottles a week! (Today, according toThe Washington Post, About 80 percent of Americans have 6.25 glasses per week or less per week, and 30 percent do not drink alcohol at all.)
11 John Adams Cried "Fake News!" in 1798
In 1798, John Adams wrote that there had never been "more new error propagated by the press" than in the decadefreedom of presshad been put in place in the United States. If only he knew exactly how many such errors would lead us publicly published our centuries later. Although the term "false news" is a recent invention, its practice is as old as the impression itself. We must always remember the power of words.
12 In 1926, a religious group accused Hollywood poisoning Young Minds
The dawn of Hollywood was scandalous, especially to religious people who claimed the films were a lead of immorality and sin, to sail the spirits of young people. A question of 1926Evangelical PentecostalHave complained that beauty, clothing, and low moral norms of film stars were unconsciously appropriation by young people. Happy who got solved!
13 In mesoameric, football rixes in ended human sacrifice
Do you think Philadelphia is a hard place to watch a live sport match? He has nothing on mesoamerica.
Before millions of people have mentioned, from all over the world, watching the World Cup, the game that brought the world that the rubber bullet was invented inMesoamerica. The game has been played throughout the region and held a religious and ritual significance, bringing masses of spectators. The goal was to pass the ball with only the hips until it made it through a stone hole. However, post-game junches make fags between today's football fans look like the child's play because they often involved a ritual human sacrifice. Yikes!
14 Ancient Mesopotamians were paid in beer
At least, according to a 5,000-year salary heel that was acquired by the British Museum. This old receipt indicates a recording of the amount ofBeerThat an employer paid workers as salary. It was a common practice during this period, apparently, as there is evidence of a similar system in ancient Egypt. The next time your friends help you move, make sure six IPA packages are totally fair compensation - it's just the story, after all!
15 Pompeii had a problem of graffiti
Ruins of the city, humans have learned that Pompeii was very modern, with the government, trade and, like all modern cities,graffiti. It was found in all the places where you expect to find graffiti: in the brothels, on the walls of hostels - in other words, the Pompeian equivalents to the stalls of the bathroom. As for what was scribbled, let's just say that the subject has not changed much. (We will let you look for the content yourself ...)
16 "Blackened teeth" and "unibrows" were once the height of beauty
The company defines the beauty of beauty changes over time. During these days, other things we generally consider beautiful lips, thick eyebrows and an ample background, there is a good chance that we will examine these trends in a few decades and wonder what we thought. After all, that's how most people feel aboutBeauty trends of the past. Examples of bizarre tendencies include pale white powder skin (!), Blackened teeth (!!), Unibrows (!!!) made of goat hair (!!!!), and even the removal of eyelashes (! !!!!).
We look forward to seeing what the future thinksThe era of social media!
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Millennia are often considered slow starters, sometimes living with their parents in their thirties. But the fact is that the twenty-thirty years of today are distinguished much earlier than young adults of euros.
According to PEW, the number of adults living with parents "culminated around 1940, while about 35% of the ages 18 to 34 of the nation lived with Mom and / or Dad (compared to 32% in 2014)." Do not hesitate to show that to mom and dad next time, they will bother you to get an apartment. And for more farfelu story, do not missThe 40 most lasting myths of American history.
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