Surprising History Facts You Didn't Know

History facts 99% of people don't know One. The Great Library

of Alexandria once held over half a million scrolls, yet no one knows exactly how it disappeared.

Two. Cleopatra lived closer in time to the iPhone than to the building

of the Great Pyramid. Three. Ancient Romans used crushed mouse brains as toothpaste.

Four. The shortest war in history lasted about 38 minutes between Britain

and Zanzibar in 1896. Five. Viking helmets never had horns.

That was invented by 1800s artists.