Well..yes there have been many incidents in the past that has made us feel our mind weird and challenged our mind.
Some of them are listed below:
Lyndon B. Johnson Gave Interviews From the Bathroom.
Yes.. it's Bathroom.The US president used to give interviews while using the toilet. Even presidential biographer Doris Kearns Goodwin said these lines: "he just didn't want the conversation to stop."Ketchup was sold as Medicine in the 1830s.
When Ketchup came to popular medicine in the 1830s, ketchup was all the rage. In 1834, it was sold as a cure for indigestion by an Ohio physician named John Cook. It wasn't popularized as a condiment until the late 19th century.Pope Gregory IV Declared a War On Cats.
Pope Gregory IV declared war on cats in the 13th Century. Because of this belief, he ordered the extermination of these felines throughout Europe as black cats were instruments of Satan. However, this plan resulted in an increase in the population of plague-carrying rats.Columbus Didn't Actually Discover America.
No, it was not Columbus discovered America. Columbus was even 500 years late. In fact, it was the Norse explorer Leif Erikson who landed on American shores during the 10th century. Erikson could be considered the first European to discover America.Walt Disney Didn't Draw Mickey Mouse.
Indeed Walt Disney had the idea of Mickey Mouse and had provided the voice, the images were created by the animator Ub Iwerks. It was him who came up with all the iconic features. You won't look at the adorable mouse the same again.Albert Einstein could have been president of Israel when it was formed, but he declined.
The shortest war in history was the Anglo-Zanzibar War. It lasted just 38 minutes.