30 best tweets from the account History Weird

Weird History ("a Strange story") is a Twitter account, which tells about the interesting, weird and fun events ever in the past. Leads his "nerdy" Andrew Rader is a canadian writer and an aerospace engineer, who now works at SpaceX. The account of 160 thousand subscribers, and an infinite number of topics!

The Aristides de Sousa Mendes probably saved during world war II, more Jews than anyone else. He defied the ban and has made thousands of Portuguese passports for refugees

"Cat ring" from Ancient Egypt. It is 2700 years

Selfies in 1920

Suffragette demonstrating their pants. 1916. Safely!

Pictures of funny cats was popular long before the advent of the Internet

Samuel Reshevsky (age 8 years) during a session of simultaneous game with veteran players. France, 1920

Looks like Batman was a hero in Ancient Mesoamerica

In medieval Wales, the woman had the right to divorce her husband if he has bad breath

Astronomical clock, which track the position of the Sun, moon, and constellations. Orloj (Prague astronomical clock) — the world's oldest working clock tower, created in 1410

Arg‑e BAM, the citadel of BAM — 1500-year-old mud-brick city in Iran, which is similar to sand castles

The last four letters were removed in 1949

Timgad (Thamugadi), Algeria. What remains from the Roman colony in Africa

Operation "Babylift", 1975. More than 3,000 Vietnamese orphans were evacuated by air

Wedding cake of Queen Elizabeth II, 1947

Dostoevsky wrote the novel "the gambler" to pay off debts after he lost all his money at roulette

Charlie Chaplin and albert Einstein at the premiere of "city Lights", 1931

Work Etruscan dentist, more than 2000 years ago

Snowy winter in London, 1947

French Aviator Charles Godefroy flies through arc de Triomphe. Paris, 1919

Fictional literary character Sherlock Holmes used the method of fingerprinting for 11 years before it started to do the police

The French king Henry III of Valois, the stories kept 2000 little lapdogs and constantly wore a basket of puppies

Couple on a tandem Bicycle, 1886

In medieval times, it was decided to repair the frayed pages of parchment, making them a patch of the threads and embroidery

During the 200 years of Japanese isolation (1639-1853) the only foreigners who were allowed to trade in Japan, were Dutch. When Japan ended its isolation and for the first time, sent ambassadors to Europe, the only European language that they knew was Dutch. To his surprise, the Japanese discovered that his knowledge of them is not particularly helpful.

The ancient Romans had a holiday, when the masters waited on their slaves (the Saturnalia)

Children playing "Build the Wall". West Berlin, 1962

The ancient Romans had no toilet paper, but was for this purpose, a toilet sponge for General use

The ancient Greeks revered the unibrow for the highest ideal of beauty

Medieval monarchs used to take a lot of your own bed

Ladies tea party at Halloween. Norfolk, England, 1929