Amazing historical facts you have never known

Recalling historical events, non-obvious, even surprising and mysterious facts can be revealed. Because of the inability to store data properly, lots of information was lost and we can’t be aware of all the events, happened in the past. “The Bank of Memories” is aimed at storing all the valuable information, in order it to reach the descendants. Today, we encourage you to enjoy reading about amazing historical facts that you have never known.

Women were once banned from smoking in public. Katie Mulcahey, a New Yorker, was jailed in 1908 for striking a match on a wall and lighting a cigarette with it. Why? Because she was breaking “the Sullivan Ordinance” — a local ordinance that prohibit only women from smoking in public. Mulcahey protested for her right to smoke cigarettes in public at her hearing in district court. She received a $5.00 fine. “The Sullivan Ordinance “was vetoed by New York City’s mayor two weeks later.

Using forks used to be considered sacrilegious. Forks, a common dining tool, were formerly considered unholy. They were initially introduced in the 11th century in Italy. God was said to be offended by these spiky spaghetti-twirling devices. And why, you might wonder? They were deemed sacrilegious because they were “artificial hands.”

Cleopatra was not Egyptian. Despite popular belief, Egypt’s final queen was not born in Egypt. Cleopatra was a Greek, according to historians. Ptolemy, Alexander the Great’s Macedonian commander, was her ancestor.

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