Are you looking for interesting information to share with your children? From ancient Egypt to outer space, check out these seven awesome facts from world history that your kids will love.
Funny Flashback Facts
If your children are anything like the ones we know, they love fun facts and exciting information. If you want to satisfy your child’s inquisitive thirst for knowledge, tell him these seven interesting facts of world history. I’m sure you will be surprised.
1. In ancient Egypt, the celebration of the New Year was called Wepet Renpet.
‘Wepet Renpet’ means directly translated ‘the prelude of the Jahres.Im Unlike the New Year holidays known to us, which are held every year on January 1, Wepet Renpet was different from year to year. It took place during the annual flooding of the Nile, which usually occurred in July. The ancient Egyptians were tracking Sirius, the brightest star in the sky, to determine when Wepet Renpet would happen. After not being able to see Sirius for 70 days, they knew that the flood and the holidays would come soon.
2. The Vikings loved to dress up.
If you think about the Vikings, you can imagine tall, strong men with horned helmets. Interestingly, the Viking men actually cared a lot about how they looked. Many of them dyed their hair blond, as this was considered the best color. They would even dye their beards! Not only that, but the Vikings had combs, tweezers and spoons to clean their ears. They even bathed four times more than most other people of their time.
3. The first living being in space was a dog named Laika.
In 1957, the Soviet Union sent the world’s first satellite, Sputnik, into an Earth orbit. A month after, they sent a second satellite, the creatively named Sputnik II, aboard a dog named Laika. These events inspired the United States to found NASA and launch its first satellite, Explorer I, in 1958.
4. The small Easter Island houses 887 statues of giant heads.
Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, is only 14 miles long, but somehow fits into almost 900 huge volcanic rock statues called Moai. These statues weigh an average of 14 tons, or 28,000 pounds. Scientists believe that these statues were pulled and carved on handmade sledges 2, 000 years ago. The funniest part is that no one is sure what the statues were for, but they sure are cool to look at.
5. The Leaning Tower of Pisa never stood upright.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a landmark and a popular tourist spot for one main reason: it tilts to the side more than 4 degrees. You might think that it has moved over time, but in fact it was tilted from the very beginning, when the third floor was originally added. No one could understand why he was doing this, so they just let it go. Scientists finally determined that the reason for the slope of the tower is that it is built on soft clay.
6. Queen Elizabeth II should never become queen.
When Queen Elizabeth II, the current reigning Queen of England, was born in London in 1926, she was a princess who was never expected to become queen. His father was not an heir to the throne, because he was not the eldest son of his family. However, Elizabeth’s uncle, King Edward, renounced the throne and made his brother (Elizabeth’s father) the new king. Since Elizabeth was the eldest daughter of King Albert, and he had no children, she finally became queen in 1952. She has been Queen for 66 years, making her the longest-reigning British monarch.