Comments on: 20 Historical Oddities You Probably Don’t Know

By: kristi

kristi — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:55:54 +0000

You are taught #2 in australian schools

By: curiozitati ale istoriei « Loreley

curiozitati ale istoriei « Loreley — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:51:51 +0000

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By: alexman

alexman — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:34:59 +0000

ghandi caused instability and riots and violence even if you support his cause those facts remain.

the confederates banned slave importing from africa because the british had outlawed global slave trade and they and the french (among other) strictly enforced it by attacking and arresting any ship that tried it.

the muslims of algeria continued capturing and selling white slaves until the US attacked them in the 1800’s

By: g0alpost1

g0alpost1 — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:16:19 +0000

Number 6 and 11 are very funny.

By: norkio

norkio — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:13:55 +0000

#11, the constitution of the Confederate states banned slave trade, but it did not ban slave ownership, loaning, giving or otherwise moving slaves from one owner to another. They were property. New slaves could not be brought into the region, but existing slaves would remain in slavery and all offspring would be born into slavery. any escaped slaves would be brought back to their original owner, which was supported in the north and the south. We need to be careful about making the assumption that banning the slave trade would have put an end to slavery. The war wasn’t all about slavery, it was one facet of a much bigger issue.

By: Jasper

Jasper — Mon, 25 May 2009 10:04:44 +0000

i have not read all posts, so sorry if this has been brought up, but 13 us incorrect, one of my friends has recently done a project on this topic, and according to all history teachers i have asked, the D in D-Day does not actually stand for anything, it was just a a name.

By: RollErCoAsTrs

RollErCoAsTrs — Sun, 17 May 2009 22:03:14 +0000

Dear Mr. Graves and Kaylan,

Do some more research and you will see that Gandhi wrote a lot about his hatred of other races, especially the black man. It was pretty common at the time for this kind of thought, and Gandhi was no different.
It was also common practice for Gandhi to give young girls colonics and it was written that he actually did this quite often. You speak as if you know the man. It’s funny.

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 03 May 2009 03:49:41 +0000

3. Abel Tasman “discovered” Tasmania, New Zealand and Fiji, on his first voyage, but managed to completely miss mainland Australia!

OK, thats hilarious. Even I couldn’t manage that.

By: Shaaronie

Shaaronie — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:44:14 +0000

Only living people can be nominated for the Noble Peace Prize. At the time of it’s issuance, Ghandi was dead.

By: soph

soph — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:30:24 +0000

#19 didn’t last long