Your teacher did not tell you these 8 curiosities of history! Or did you tell?

If you follow Mega Curioso, then you know that we here at the newsroom are always sharing lists of fast and interesting curiosities on the most varied topics. Want some examples? We have already posted information on Aspirin, facts about Freddie Mercury's life, Panama Canal data, “The Dinosaur Family”, radiation, twin brothers, Leonardo da Vinci, related to the kiss ... Anyway, the selection It's huge and incredibly varied!

And it's not uncommon for these cool information-packed lists to turn into animations - which are the biggest hit there on the Mega YouTube channel. The last one consists of a lot of history curiosities that most of us didn't learn at school and if you are interested in this kind of information then you should check out the video! Watch below:

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* Following our readers' requests, below is a compilation of the information present in the animation:

• The ancient Greeks refused to eat beans because they believed the beans contained the souls of the dead.
• And in the year 117, Roman Emperor Hadrian decreed that attempting suicide among soldiers was a form of desertion and therefore should be punished with… death.
• And do you know the English playwright Shakespeare? He lived around the same time as Native American Pocahontas!
• And did you know that Russian cosmonauts used to carry a shotgun into space? But it was not to defend against aliens! It was in the case of a landing in Siberia, for example. Then they could defend themselves from the bears!
• French writer Guy de Maupassant can be considered the King of haters ! He hated the Eiffel Tower so much that he used to eat in the restaurant at his base, as this was the only place he was not required to look at the building.
• What about Albert Einstein, who was invited to be the president of Israel in 1952? But he said no thanks.
• And the Roman emperor Caligula (remember him?) Who named one of his horses as senator of Rome?
• And look, Cleopatra lived near the year 30 BC, while the Great Pyramid was built around the year 2, 560 BC The first Pizza Hut was opened in 1958, which means the Egyptian Queen lived closer to the construction of the pizzeria. than building the famous monument of Egypt!

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