RIDICULOUS HISTORY FACTS #shorts #history

RIDICULOUS HISTORY FACTS #shorts #history

105 years ago a massive tank of mollases burst open in Boston, causing a sticky wave that killed 21 people and injured well over 100. The great mollasses flood spread at about 35 MPH.

Abraham Lincoln's son (Robert Todd Lincoln) was present at three different presidential assassinations. After McKinley, he decided not to accept any more invitations. Also ALSO, Robert Lincoln's life was saved by John Wilkes Booth's brother, Edwin, a famous actor, who pulled him out from a train that was about to drag him under its wheels.

The entire country of Malta was awarded the George Cross for its efforts in WWII. It's still on their flag.

Former US President Andrew Jackson was approached by a man who pulled a gun on him.(smaller history fact this was the first assassination attempt on a US President) The man pulled the trigger and the cap went off but the gunpowder failed to light. The man pulled a second gun and fired, but the gunpowder again failed to light. The assassin tried to get away, but not before Andrew Jackson got him and beat the shit out of him with a cane.