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Prior to the 1960s tobacco companies ran physician-endorsed ads that suggested smoking had health benefits.
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In 755 A.D. the An Lushan Rebellion against the Chinese Tang Dynasty resulted in 36 million deaths, or one-sixth of the entire world population.
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In colonial America pregnant women didn't receive painkillers during delivery because pain was considered God's punishment for Eve's eating the forbidden fruit.
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On July the 7th, 2005 there was a coordinated Islamic extremist terrorist bomb strike against London's public transport system during the morning rush hour killing 52 and injuring 700.
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Roman Emperor Gaius made his beloved horse a senator.
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I'll get some time to read each of them later :p thx for the train
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On this Day, 1550: Europeans Discover Chocolate ! 🙏🙏🙏
Chocolate is introduced in Europe, and the Mexican drink creates a passion that endures after nearly half a millennium. Europe came late to the joys of chocolate. Native to Mexico, Central and South America, cacao cultivation dates to at least 1250 B.C., according to archaeologists.´
Mayans grew cacao trees in their backyards and used the seeds to brew ceremonial drinks. In the fifth century, Aztecs consumed xocoatl (bitter water) flavored with vanilla and chili pepper. The highly valued bean served as currency in Aztec society. One turkey, for example, cost 100 cacao beans.
As far back as 1504, Christopher Columbus may have brought cacao beans to Spain from his fourth and final voyage to the Americas.
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Thank you (and all of the other history group folks) for putting this together for us!
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Thank you for this historical train, nice to browse and learn some historical facts
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After Pope Gregory IX associated cats with devil worship, cats throughout Europe were exterminated in droves.
This sudden lack of cats led to the spread of disease because infected rats ran free. The most devastating of these diseases, the Bubonic Plague, killed 100 million people.
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Upon dying, some pharaohs were sealed into their tombs alongside their living servants, pets, and concubines.
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Battle of Ascalon, 12 August 1099, the final battle of the First Crusade.
The final battle of the First Crusade, fought a month after the fall of Jerusalem to the crusaders. Jerusalem had been in the hands of the Fatamid Caliphate of Egypt, and the vizier of Egypt, al-Afdal, raised a 50,000 strong army to recapture the city. News of his advance soon reached Godfrey of Bouillon, by now the Guardian of Jerusalem, who called the scattered crusaders together.
Their combined forced assembled close to Ascalon on 11 August. The 10,000 crusaders were outnumbered five to one by the Egyptian army, but the Fatamid forces were vastly inferior to the crusaders or to the Turks, still resembling the armies of the original Arab outpouring centuries before.
On the morning of 12 August, the crusaders formed up and charged quickly, catching al-Afdal entirely by surprise. His army dissolved, almost without resistance. The victorious crusaders harried the Egyptians as far as Ascalon, although internal jealousy between the crusaders prevented the capture of the city. Al-Afdal escaped back to Egypt, but the battle secured the success of the First Crusade and their occupation of Jerusalem.
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Le bump,
Bronx bookmobile, 1930s
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In 1788 the Austrian army attacked itself and lost 10,000 men.
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In the 19th century a popular medicine for kids, "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup", included morphine.
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Peter the Great executed his wife's lover, then forced her to keep her lover's head in a jar of alcohol in her bedroom.
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Dear Steamgifts Members,
today United States of America celebrate Independence Day. Our group of historians created a train full of informations about this event - and we are proud to share it with you on this special day. But July is not only about Independence of USA, and that is why our train ends on July 14th - The Bastille Day, the French National Day - a turning point of the French Revolution. So our train contains also stories related to la Fête nationale.
The stories were assembled on the train in the following order: at the beginning all about United States Celebration of Independence Day, in the end all about French Celebration of Bastille Day, in the middle all relative to other topics with similar values, such as freedom, peace, equality and independence.
At the end of the train there is a little suprise for you - the Quiz. So if you've read everything we wrote carefully enough, you may try it. Maybe you'll be lucky in giveaways we've prepared.
We've also created some Jigidis related to events we celebrate. You'll find them in the middle of the train, they will give you an opportunity to win even more games.
HERE you can start your journey with us:
We'd love to hear some feedback from you, and discussions are allowed. Please, feel free to comment, let us know what you think, how you celebrate (if you do). And don't forget to bump the thread.
I'd like to thank all of my Write History Group Members who contributed, especially db (David) - he took the whole responsibility of organisation (which is not easy). The idea of creating the train was also his, so he as an Inventor and Creator is our Hero today. Obrigado, David.
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