Santa was originally a god of war

The name Santa Claus is synonymous with Christmas time, the Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. Actually, many elements of the Santa Claus story hold very little Christian relevance. The fat, happy Santa of our childhood memories is actually based on the fearsome Norse god of war – Odin.

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Your family tree

If you trace your family tree back 25 generations, you will have 33,554,432 direct ancestors – assuming no incest was involved.

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The real name of Los Angeles

The town of Los Angeles, California, was originally named El Pueblo la Nuestra Senora de Reina de los Angeles de la Porciuncula.

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There have only been 230 years of peace

It has been calculated that in the last 3,500 years, there have only been 230 years of peace throughout the civilized world.

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The US gov killed 10,000 people by poisoning alcohol during prohibition to get people to stop drinking.h

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Europeans slaves

Over 1 million Europeans were taken as slaves by North Africans between 1530 and 1780.

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Record for the most weddings

The record for the most weddings is held by King Mongkut of Siam, who had 9000 weddings and 9000 wives.

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Confusion

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

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American Civil War has never ended

Did you know that the American Civil War has never ended. General Lee (the official representative of the South) is 16 April, only signed the occupation of the south, by the Union, but not capitulation.

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Biggest battle ever

The biggest battle that ever, was the Battle of Kursk in World War II, between the Soviet Union and Germany. This battle was the turning point in World War II and marked the fall of Germany in the east. Aalso this is the biggest tank and airplane battle ever.

Battlefield was as big as half of England. The Soviets employed about one million women to dig more than a thousand kilometers of channels, to prevent the German blitzkrieg attack, so their tanks could stuck in these channels and thus were disabled for battle.

On one side of the mighty German Sixth Army, which numbered: 435,000 men, 3155 tanks, 9,966 guns and mortars, 2110 aircraft. On the other side powerful Soviet Army which numbered: 1.2 million men, 3275 tanks, 25.013 guns and mortars, 2792 aircraft.

This was also one of the most bloody battles in history. The Germans lost 170,000 men, 720 tanks, 681 aircraft. While the Soviets had suffered far greater losses, they lost 863,000 men, 6.064 tanks and assault guns, 1.626-4.209 Aircraft, 5.244 guns.

This is the biggest battle that ever happened, I hope that something like this will never happen again. All people who participated in this battle are heroes, all of them participated in a mythical battle that will retail for centuries, and we can only assume how they felt in the real hell on earth.

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Land of the Romans

The Roman emperor Trajan conquered Dacia (in today's Romania) 102 e.d. and destroyed almost the entire local population, and settled its soldiers who have completed service in Dacia, and given the country name Rom-Ania, which means land of the Romans. So todays Romanians are descendants of those Romans.

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One of the best warriors ever

The legendary chief of Zulu tribe Shaka Zulu, who is in the 19th century from a small tribe of only 2000 people made a nation of over a million people and is responsible for the deaths of several hundred thousand people was one of the most cruel dictator of all time.
At an early age Shaka Zulu became known as a very terrifying warrior. When the time came that young Saka prove that he became man, he went into the wilderness and killed an adult leopard with his bare hands.

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First self-propelled car

The first self-propelled car was invented by Nicolas Cugnot in 1769th It was designed with three wheels and an engine in the front along with the Boiler. The car was able to run at a speed of 6 km / h (3.75 mp/h). The first self-propelled car was first used by French Army to move Cannons.

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ancient Roman pedicure and manicure

In Rome, there were people who specialized in plucking armpit. Somewhere around 1 AD Roman aristocrats interested in fashion, removed all of their body hair. Requirements for the profession were tweezers, a strong arm and the ability to deal with their customer's pain.

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I swear on my testicles

It was the custom in Ancient Rome for the men to place their right hand on their testicles when taking an oath. The modern term 'testimony' is derived from this tradition.

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Do you know what O.K really means

Did you know that O.K really mean zero killed. During the American civil war the troops returning from battle, they report to their superiors that was 0 (zero) killed in the battle... which eventually became overused OK to indicate all is alright.

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Ancient China Medicine

In ancient China, doctors could receive fees only if their patient was cured. If it deteriorated, they would have to pay the patient.

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