30+ Creepy Historic Facts That Are Keeping Us Up At Night
This article appeared in thefashionball.com and has been published here with permission.
Sometimes, the most fascinating parts of history happen to be the creepiest, too. These are the facts that you’ll never be able to forget — and can recall instantly when asked. If you’re feeling brave, read on. These facts will give you something to think about in the dead of night when you can’t sleep any better than we can.
A Room With a View
It’s a well-known fact that young children thrive in fresh air. It’s why there are so many playgrounds and parks in cities — and a drive to make sure kids get out to play. However, in crowded cities with closet-like living spaces and busy parents, people had to make do with the fresh air they had.
For example, in 1930s London, some families utilized what essentially amounts to a cage attached to a window to give their youngsters some air and sunshine. The photos from this era are truly shocking.
Mother of Rabbits
This one is a real doozy. For some reason, a woman in the 1700s decided that she wanted to become famous. The way she picked to go about this was to convince everyone that she was giving birth to rabbits. That’s right — you read that correctly, though we certainly couldn’t blame you for going back and reading it again to try to make sense of it.
She was eventually found out after the experts of the age moved her to a bigger city to study her. There, they caught a servant trying to sneak a rabbit to the woman, and the jig was up.
Life After Death
We have to admit that part of us is creeped out thoroughly by this historic fact while the other part is impressed by the wonders of the human body. Archaeologists discovered a woman from the 600s who had been buried. However, the strange part about her grave was that a smaller set of bones emerged from her body.
When this woman had been buried, she had been pregnant — most likely with a baby who died in the womb. However, after death, the gases in the body pushed the baby out, resulting in a strange piece of life after death.
Dance Till You Drop
When is the last time you went out dancing? Even if song after song came on that you loved, we’re sure you had to take a break at some point to rest, relax, and rehydrate. That’s why a dancing plague from 1518 in Europe is so creepy and terrifying. When one woman was the first sufferer, others eventually fell ill.
They simply couldn’t stop dancing. Doctors of the time thought they would dance themselves out and even arranged for music. But many people died of overexertion.