Galileo was placed under house arrest for supporting heliocentrism.

Early humans hunted megafauna during the Ice Age.

Fact #700 · History

The Aztecs built the city of Tenochtitlan on a lake.

Fact #584 · History

The Roswell incident sparked decades of extraterrestrial speculation.

Fact #1033 · History

The marathon race commemorates a legendary run in ancient Greece.

Fact #926 · History

The 2011 Tohoku earthquake triggered a major tsunami in Japan.

Fact #817 · History

The eruption of Krakatoa in 1883 was heard thousands of miles away.

Fact #820 · History

The Code of Hammurabi is one of the oldest known written legal codes.

Fact #587 · History

Mammoths and early humans lived at the same time.

Fact #633 · History