Did You Know….?!?!
May 1, 2007
Greetings Historians! Things have been pretty busy here at History In Action (or HIA for those of you in the know!). We’re hard at work on mining the iron-ore of history, but that doesn’t mean your visit here leaves you empty handed – we’ve got a bowl full of quick facts of the “Did You Know” variety (no, this isn’t sports-center!). Put on those history caps, the train is leaving!
Did you Know?!!?
- …that General Douglas MacArthur was obsessed with midgets? In fact he staged a mock battle of the invasion of the Philippines with over four hundred little people. What a guy!
- …that Ullysus S. Grant ate only pickles for an entire year straight? Talk about “Fear Factor!”
- …that the inventor of the phone Alexander Graham Bell was mute and never even used one of his own phones?!! File that under ironic ,Miss Morissette.
- …that the Parthenon is nearly a half mile long, the size of over ten football fields!? I bet the tour guides get a good workout!
- …that as recent as 1934, a fencing test was required for US citizenship! A palpable hit!
Hopefully these tapas (tapas are Spanish appetizers…so tasty!) whet your appetite for some HIA entrees! Remember, tip your historian. Tee-hee!
