Amazing history facts

01. Skywriting was invented by the Royal Air Force in World War 1 to send messages to troops on the ground. After the war, Pepsi built a fleet of skywriting biplanes.

01. Alexander the Great's army conquered the world while wearing armor made of linen that could stop any arrow made at the time. #army #history #women #woman #female #wtf #didyouknow #shocking

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1. During the Zong Massacre, in 1781, a British slave ship threw 130 chained African slaves overboard and claimed compensation under the ship's insurance. They falsely blamed the act on water shortage and lost their case.

01. After the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, there were too many bodies to bury so the corpses were dumped into the Gulf of Mexico. Shortly thereafter the bodies began to wash back onshore and survivors constructed funeral pyres to burn the corpses. The fires burned day and night for weeks.

01. The devastating 1755 Lisbon earthquake caused King Joseph I to develop severe claustrophobia, and he refused to live inside a walled building. His court instead ruled from a series of tents. #earthquake #popular #famous #celebrity #didyouknow #kings #history

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