10 Sides Of Common History You Didn't Consider

Infantgenius Published 08/06/2014

We all know the stories. But nobody told us these parts.

1.
Einstein's desk the day after his death.
2.
Page one of the 3-page literacy test black Louisianans had to pass before they were allowed to vote.
3.
Theodore Roosevelt's mother and wife died on the same day. This was his diary entry for that day.
4.
JFK's location and the direction he was looking when he was shot.
5.
There were a couple of centuries when there weren't a lot of non-incestuous relationships in Spanish royalty.
6.
This is a 4000-year-old tablet containing the story of an ark and flood. It predates the 'Noah's Ark' story by more than 1,000 years.
7.
This is a 900-year-old viking message that translates to "Kiss me."
8.
Made from Red Cross Packages by a prisoner in a German POW camp.
9.
This is the wreckage of Christopher Columbus's flagship 'The Santa Maria.'
10.
George Washington had a going away party that included 55 guests. Their bar tab included 60 bottles of claret, 22 bottles of porter, 12 bottles of beer, 54 bottles of Madeira, eight of whiskey, eight of hard cider, and 7 bowls of alcoholic punch.

1.
Einstein's desk the day after his death.
2.
Page one of the 3-page literacy test black Louisianans had to pass before they were allowed to vote.
3.
Theodore Roosevelt's mother and wife died on the same day. This was his diary entry for that day.
4.
JFK's location and the direction he was looking when he was shot.
5.
There were a couple of centuries when there weren't a lot of non-incestuous relationships in Spanish royalty.
6.
This is a 4000-year-old tablet containing the story of an ark and flood. It predates the 'Noah's Ark' story by more than 1,000 years.
7.
This is a 900-year-old viking message that translates to "Kiss me."
8.
Made from Red Cross Packages by a prisoner in a German POW camp.
9.
This is the wreckage of Christopher Columbus's flagship 'The Santa Maria.'
10.
George Washington had a going away party that included 55 guests. Their bar tab included 60 bottles of claret, 22 bottles of porter, 12 bottles of beer, 54 bottles of Madeira, eight of whiskey, eight of hard cider, and 7 bowls of alcoholic punch.