WEIRD HISTORY FACTS!!!

I'm not even sure if some of these are real, but they are for sure interesting!!!


In 1962, the schools in Tanganyika had to be closed because of an outbreak of contagious laughter that lasted for six months!

In ancient China, doctors could receive fees only if their patient was cured. If it deteriorated, they would have to pay the patient. Niagara Falls experienced a break of half an hour in 1848, when an ice jam blocked the source river.

Spider webs were used to cure warts during the Middle Ages.

The custom of shaking hands with the strangers originated to show that both the parties were unarmed.

Kindof funny info...which one do you like the best?

Revelutionary Women

Wow, I never knew that there were so many women who were involved in the Revolutionary War. I did my assignment on Molly Pitcher and I learned a lot about her and the battle she was in.

C. S. Lewis

C. S. Lewis was an amazing author, but he was also an amazing Christian. When his Mom got cancer and died, he prayed that she would be healed. She was not, and he became bitter at God for a long time. Then, in 1917, he became a student at Oxford University. He loved Oxford, and excelled at it. Some of his friends, including Owen Barfield, talked to him about God and tried to convince him to become a Christian again. He finally did become a Christian. After that he graduated and got married. After being married four years, his wife Joy died. However, C. S. Lewis did not get bitter this time. After that, he went on the write the Chronicles of Narnia and lots of other famous Christian books.

Gladys Alward

I read the biography of Gladys Alward. She was a very amazing women who went to China to be a missionary. She led many people to the Lord. When she arrived in China she helped start the Inn of Eight Happinesses, which was an inn for the mule drivers to stay at. Later on she became the oficial foot inspector. She had to go around and make sure that the feet of girls were not bound anymore. War then came to China and it was a very hard time for the people. Gladys went with her 100 adopted children to live in caves. Later they left the caves and went on a long hard journey to get to the trains. When Gladys got there with her children they went of the trains. Gladys got sick from all of her work and decided to go back to England. But she missed China to bad to stay. Gladys went back to China and countinued her missionary work. She was a very amazing women, and she was very dear to many of the Chinease people. I think Gladys was incredible. She never gave up even when it got hard.

Gladys Aylward

Gladys Aylward was an amazing woman of God. She always wanted to be a missionary to China, but she failed missionary training school, so she had to go there herself. When she finally got enough money to go, Gladys got on a train and started out on the greatest adventure of her life. To make a very long story short, Gladys FINALLY got to her destination after almost freezing to death, almost being kidnapped and sent to work for the Soviets, and almost not finding where she was supposed to go in the first place. The destination she was going to was the house of Mrs. Lawson - an elderly missionary lady who needed someone young to help her. Mrs. Lawson wanted to turn her house (which was actually an old inn) into an inn for mule drivers who drove by the village every day. To make another long story short, they DID turn their inn into a place for the mule drivers to stay, and managed to tell them about Jesus while they were at it.
One day, though, Mrs. Lawson fell off a second-story roof and was mortally injured. Gladys was then put in charge of everything. She did a good job, and with no other English person to talk to, learned the dialect of the village very quickly.
To make the final long story short, Gladys adopted hundreds of orphans and cared for them herself. She even went on a week-long journey by foot with all of her children over the border so that they would be safe from the enemy in World War 2.
Gladys never went back to England until she was forced to because of painful migraines. She literally gave up her life to obey God's calling. Gladys Aylward chose to spend the final years of her life in China - her home.

George Mueller

George Mueller became an amazing man of God.... in God.

When he was young, living in Germany, George stole a lot from his own father, tricking other people and stuff like that. He once got arrested and put in jail. When he was a Bible college student, George was still drinking and paryting. He made fun of Christians too.
Once George was invited by his friend to come to a Bible study. George's intention was to go just to make fun of the Christians. But when he went, he found himself enjoying the bible study.He saw people that loved God and he later repented and got saved.
When George got saved, he didn't know that things were going to change. Friends would leave him, his own father witheld his support in George's salvation and so now he didn't have any money to go school.
Thank God George knew that he couln't forsake Jesus and he went back to God and asked him to help him to go to school. One hour later God answered the prayer through his professer and got to freely go to school!
God helped financially George's life but also paved a way for George to start his ministry as soon as he could.
George began an orphanage and was a man that recieved unimaginable provisions from God and the whole way, George learned to trust him.
With 300 orphans, he would bring them to the table with everything but the food waiting for them. He would pray and thank God for the food and just wait. Within minutes, food and drink came to George's door, enough to feed the 300 children.
Nothing is impossible for God!

Corrie Ten Boom

what would you do if your friends were being killed because of their faith in God or the color of their skin? Would you take a stand to help them? What if you didn't even know the people being killed? Would you be willing to risk your own life to save theirs?

this was Corrie Ten Booms and her family's life. they were an outstanding family who took in Jews and hid them from the soldiers. one night the soldiers invaded there home and hit and beat Corrie and her sister. they were not gong to give in and tell them. they said that would rather die then tell the nasty solders where they were hiding. even though the soldiers were poking holes in the wall looking for the "secret place" they never found the hiding spot that was in Corrie's room. she would only do so much cause she was sick with the flu and very sleepy from it. before this terrible night, while she was in harrlem she was well know. she started bible studies and was helping around the town. then that Nazis came in a made life miserable;e for everyone. despite the hard times, Corrie lived through all the struggles and maintained her beliefs as a christian. after the war, she traveled to over 60 countries telling people about gods love and the horror of the conception camps. she lived in California from 1977 till she died on her 91st birthday in 1983.

Not only does Corrie Ten Boom have an amazing story, i was named after her!