History Archives - Page 2 of 13 - Interesting Facts

Before carving pumpkins for Halloween, people used to carve turnips.

The first contact lenses were made of glass.

The first person in history whose name we know may have been an accountant.

The Apollo 11 astronauts had to fill out a customs form for their lunar samples.

Close-up of a high five

The first known high-five wasn’t until 1977.

The ancient Romans thought eating butter was barbaric.