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Random historical facts you didn’t know
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Beethoven used a metal rod to feel the musical vibrations
By the time German composer Ludwig van Beethoven was in his forties, he’d gone completely deaf. And in order to continue with music, he discovered that if he clenched a metal rod between his teeth and attached it to his piano, he could make out faint vibrations.
Alexander Fleming invented penicillin by accident
When Scottish biologist Alexander Fleming left for vacation in 1928, he forgot to properly clean one of his Petri dishes. When he came back, he noticed mold on it and figured that it had prevented bacteria from growing. He understood that the mold contained antibacterial properties, thus discovering penicillin.
Women were once banned from public s m o k i n g in New York
In 1908, Katie Mulcahey was arrested for lighting a cigarette. She had just become the victim of New York’s newest law, a short-lived ordinance that banned only women from having a s m o k e in public. During her hearing she was fined US$5.
Ernest Hemingway survived two plane crashes in two days
In 1954, Ernest Hemingway and his wife Mary Welsh had a disastrous trip, resulting in two plane crashes. They were embarking on a sightseeing tour in Uganda when their first plane crashed and they had to spend the night in the jungle. The next day, they boarded a rescue plane, which also crashed and caught on fire. Luckily, they escaped without any harm.
An all-black regiment called the Harlem Hellfighters fought during World War I
The 369th New York regiment fought longer than any other unit during the war. Sadly, although many Hellfighters hoped that their service would improve race relations, they returned home to find racist Jim Crow laws still in place.
Women in Switzerland were once not allowed to vote too until less than 100 years ago.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_suffrage_in_Switzerland
Women in Switzerland gained the right to vote in federal elections after a referendumin February 1971.[1] The first federal vote in which women were able to participate was the 31 October 1971 electionof the Federal Assembly. In 1991 following a decision by the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland, Appenzell Innerrhoden became the last Swiss canton to grant women the vote on local issues. Appenzell Innerrhoden is the smallest Swiss canton with c.14,100 inhabitants in 1990.[2]
A previous referendum on women's suffrage was held on 1 February 1959 and was rejected by the majority (67%) of Switzerland's men. Despite this, in some French-speaking cantons women obtained the right to vote in local referendums.[1] The first Swiss woman to hold political office, Trudy Späth-Schweizer, was elected to the municipal government of Riehen in 1958.[3
The US enlisted over 1,000 Nazi scientists after World War II
As the space race began between the US and the Soviet Union, the Americans drew in Nazi technology to get ahead in the Cold War. The top secret program was called Operation Paperclip, which brought in Nazi scientists to the United States and quietly eliminated evidence of war crimes.Very boring nothing on PAP?
Around 20,000 Confederates fled to Brazil
As the Confederacy crumbled in 1865, many didn't accept the defeat. Instead, around 20,000 fled to Brazil in hope that the country’s legalized slavery would preserve their traditions. Slavery was abolished in Brazil in 1888, but to this day descendants of the Confederates gather to celebrate their heritage.
1096 already got people study university but 1971 then Switzerland passed referendum for women to vote. What an irony.
A group of female Soviet pilots called the Night Witches terrorized Nazis during World War II
Pilot Marina Raskova convinced Joseph Stalin to let her form an all-female flying unit, which became known as the Night Witches. And even with their outdated equipment and planes, they still managed to fly over the Germans without being detected, launching surprise attacks.
