Almost everyone knows that many historical facts are falsified - that is, they are not genuine.
Of course, I would like to know the real history of our ancestors, but history is very subjective, many facts were corrected and repeatedly corresponded when a new ruler came to power.
Even a person who organizes knowledge about an event cannot pretend to be objective. This is our human nature - observing from the outside, we all pass through ourselves and our worldview before we reflect the received information out loud or fix it in writing.
Stunning pearls are found in history books, and many facts are completely hidden. But we will try to introduce you a little to the scandalous part of the story, which is much more interesting than what you can read in school textbooks.
10. Violence at Oxford
It's hard to believe, but once the violence in the universities was considered acceptable. The weaker ones were persecuted by those who are stronger, as well as beatings. “Urban violence” was a debate between citizens and students at Oxford.
In 1355, approximately 100 people died, including scientists, on the feast day of St. Scholastica. It all happened due to the fact that two students from Oxford were dissatisfied with the drinks that were served to them, because of which they made a scandal with the owner of the institution.
Mutual insults and a fight grew into armed clashes between students and residents, as a result of which both of them suffered.
9. Hate Samuel Morse
An American inventor from a wealthy family, Samuel Morse, came up with a coding system - Morse Code in 1838, which was named after him.
The inventor hated Catholics as well as immigrants. In 1834, he joined the nativistic movement and began work on articles in which he condemned the "Catholic conspiracy to destroy the prevailing lifestyle of Native Americans," taking the pseudonym Brutus.
Poor Italian and Irish immigrants were Morse’s main goals, bringing with them "Catholicism and ignorance."
8. Wife trafficking in England
In the XIX century, the sale of wives was a completely normal custom. Thus, the husband could get rid of his wife, with whom an unsuccessful marriage took place. It is said that the sale was by mutual agreement.
This custom began to take shape at the end of the 17th century; it was almost impossible to get divorced at that time, since the process was very costly.
Having brought his wife by a leash that was attached to the arm, waist or neck, the husband arranged a public auction, and sold his wife to the one who paid the highest price.
Interesting fact: in Thomas Hardy’s novel “Mayor of Casterbridge,” the protagonist sells his wife, after which this act torments him all his life, and, ultimately, leads to death.
7. Reflections on suicide from Seneca
Lucius Anney Seneca - philosopher, representative of Stoicism (4 BC), the writer left behind numerous works. One of his famous works consists of 124 letters, called Epistula Moralis "," Lucilum "and others.
In a letter No. 70, the philosopher expressed his opinion about suicide: "A wise person does not live as much as he should, but how much he can." Seneca was a supporter of suicidal practice, and preferred to live a quality life, rather than a long time.
Interesting fact: Seneca committed suicide, but forcedly. Nero sentenced him to death, allowing himself to choose the kind of death. The philosopher chose death by cutting his veins.
6. Necrophilia according to Herodotus
Erich Fromm wrote that sexual dysfunction may be due to the oppressive atmosphere that prevails in the family. The ancient Egyptians practiced embalming, a description of the process in detail can be found in the work of Herodotus called "History".
In ancient Egypt, embalmers often copulated with fresh corpses of beautiful women, so they were left at home for several days before decomposition began. This was required so that the embalmers could not engage in necrophilia.
5. Erotic Victorian
Victorians did not flaunt their hobbies with erotic images, so they hid them in a pocket watch. They were sold for big money and only wealthy men could afford them.
Initially, men ordered a picture of their wife from a master watchmaker, but over time, people got bored with it and wanted to see something more interesting on the watch.
In watches, craftsmen usually made images with all the details. They hid very reliably - behind the dial. Men put their watches in their pockets and could access “erotica” at any time.
4. Experiments of "Detachment 731"
The Japanese "Detachment 731" conducted monstrous experiments on living people, each prisoner was dying in terrible agony.
The experiments were carried out during the Second World War, the way people were mocked was recorded in photographs, in addition, many documentaries were shot about this.
Here are some facts about inhuman, brutal experiments: from the womb of a woman they slaughtered a child, threw frozen people into boiling water, turned people alive into mummies, etc.
Japanese scientists did not have the slightest compassion, their experimental subjects, where there were even small children, they called "logs", not mistaking them for people.
3. Mass sacrifices
The ancient people - the Aztecs, who inhabited Mexico until the beginning of the XVI century, practiced sacrifices, this was a religious cult.
The practice was of a large-scale nature and was carried out in order to appease the gods - both animals and people became participants.
In one of these events, more than 10,000 slaves had their hearts ripped out - victims were laid on a stone and cut their chest, and then their hearts were removed (the priests called it “the precious eagle cactus fruit”, thanks to which they “quenched the thirst for the sun”).
The prisoners did not oppose their fate and believed that martyrdom is the best way to get into another world. Escape was regarded as a shame.
2. Cannibalism in Europe
Cannibalism is the eating of human flesh. In ancient centuries, it was considered the norm, because hunger forced people to eat each other, but today, when foods are in abundance, cannibalism is a mental disorder.
In Europe in the XVI-XVII centuries, cannibalism was common - human flesh and drugs that were made from corpses, European doctors used very often along with herbs.
“Medical cannibalism” proceeded from the idea that health is stored in a dead body.
1. Bindings of human skin
In the XVII and XVIII centuries, it was often made bindings of human skin (they are called anthropodermic) - at that time it was fashionable. This is not an invention of the authors of horror films, but a reality and a completely familiar phenomenon in the 17th century.
The Providence Library told reporters that this technique was common practice until the 19th century, especially for erotic and anatomical books. And also it was told that at Harvard there are publications that were used in the design of the tissues of dead people.