Bizarre Historical Facts

Napoleon's army once used cheese as currency to pay soldiers during a supply shortage in

1799. Imagine getting your paycheck in wheels of parmesan. History is full

of these bizarre moments nobody talks about. In ancient Rome, people whitened their

teeth using crushed mouse brains mixed with toothpaste. The Victorians photographed themselves pretending to

be dead as a popular hobby called memento mori photography. During World War

Two, the British military trained a secret unit of glow worms to read

maps in the dark trenches. In medieval Japan, samurai tested their swords on corpses

and rated the cuts like a restaurant review system. And here's the wildest part.