25 Absurd Random History Facts - Part 4

We're back with 25 more history 'facts' that highlight the randomness of the world... at least without much context.

Welcome to our history channel, run by those with a real passion for history & that's kind of it.
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[DecadesVideos]

This brings the total up to 100, a nice satisfying number.

[kylelansing]

I was getting ready for work and heard “Jack was the name of a baboon who HATED double amputee railway and I thought “What the hell did I just hear?!” I listened to it again and it was cleared up, I had to laugh though. The idea of this baboon hating this unfortunate man with seemingly no provocation and it leading up to a story worth mentioning in a historical facts video seemed pretty hilarious

[ThatRandomGuy]

Personally (Not attempting to be mean) but I prefer the other format. Feel free to try different formats of content, but I prefer the other one. Your channel is amazing, I won't stop watching, and again feel free to try other formats or stick with this!

[Rebel_Lord_Taron]

@11:25 in the United States a lot of the unexploded ordinances they find are leftovers from the civil war. Most of which are the first first generation of grenades as well as exploding cannonballs. They are found a lot more often than you would imagine especially when magnet fishing which myself and a group of people have actually found three grenades in a Creek in Louisiana that were from the civil war. And that triggered a set of events that ended up with an ambulance probably a dozen police officers and a bomb squad from 200 mi away coming out to This Little Creek to explode these grenades after they were away at a safe distance.

[berkkarsi]

Another great video, Decades. I personally much prefer the image slideshows like you did in your previous Absurd Random History Facts videos. Not that I don't want to see your handsome face or anything, but that it makes concentrating on the facts a lot easier.

[jeffwalker]

An additional interesting couple of facts about the Victorian practice of photographing the dead. Firstly, they did not just photograph the deceased - living subjects would also often be in the picture often making a family portrait. Second - you can identify the deceased in the photograph as their face and body will be the clearest. Quite often, the living subjects in the picture may have a slight blurring of their face and body. This is because the exposure time was quite long and, the only subject to remain still long enough for the picture to be taken would be the deceased.

[Fartaker]

Nice video as always, met the channel by VTH and watch much as I can, high quality

[ramsesflores]

An absurd historical fact that I know is the Battle of the Eclipse from the 6th century BC. The ancient Medes and Lydians had been at war for six years when a solar eclipse happened over a battle they were having. They took it as a sign that the gods were angry with them, so they made peace afterwards.

[bobblowhard]

When Frank Hayes, the horse jockey and trainer, died of a heart attack while racing, it wasn't him who won the race, but his horse, Sweet Kiss.

[SlaterGator]

I just found your videos and was super pumped to binge watch random history facts, until I learnt this last one was made 9 days ago 😂

[JosephCantu-qqyr]

Have you covered the case of Tarrare? Strange as it gets.

[gerrythekay]

After the Danish scientist Niels Bohr won the Nobel Prize in 1922, the Carlsberg brewery piped beer into his house so he had free beer whenever he wanted it.

[SteveAnderson-su]

Love this channel. So happy I found it.

[selinamcmahon]

After the Christmas truce, the soldiers did not go back to shooting each other - they couldn’t engage in combat with people they had just spent time with in a jovial manner.

So they were all shipped back to England and, to fill the gaps, conscription was introduced. It was these soldiers (mostly very young) who restarted the combat

[callumnichols]

Here's one, but I classify it as sad but also inspiring: after the death of his wife and daughter, Neil Peart, drummer for the Canadian progressive rock band Rush, told bandmates Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee "consider me retired" at his wife's funeral. After this, he went on a long sabbatical to mourn and reflect. In this sabbatical, he traveled extensively throughout North and Central America, covering 88, 000km, or 55, 000mil. After the journey, Peart returned to the band and wrote a book about his journey.

[lynnmarie]

Like the format. And you pronounced Appomattox right! 17:59

[thplumanns]

Interesting stories and explained in a nice way. Love it.

[deborahberger]

About the UXBs in the U.S., and I am not making this up -- Japanese schoolgirls during WWII were put to work making balloon bombs after school. These balloons were sent to waft over the western part of the country, where they were expected to explode and create fires. Only one ever caused any damage, but it was nasty. In 1945, a preacher and his wife took some kids out for a picnic, and they found a balloon bomb under some bushes. The children, being childishly curious, went to investigate, and the bomb went off. It killed the woman, who was pregnant, and all five children. There are thousands of these weapons still around.

[midago]

Great Chanel, great video, love the absurd fact segments too.

[JPS]

5:38 in a alternate universe without Hitler, President Carter invades Poland for their womens.