back in the 12th and 13th centuries bolognia used to look like modern-day Manhattan no one knows exactly how many Towers resembling skyscrapers it used to have but the most likely number is at least 100 the tallest of them was around the same height as Big Ben when the towers were built bolognia was one of the largest cities in Europe construction projects were massive and ambitious someone built cathedrals in town halls and the richest noble families also erected Towers possibly as a symbol of status and wealth there was no place in the city center to build
grand castles so they had to go up with the construction they didn't actually live in those Towers but in smaller structures next to them the towers served for defensive purposes it took between 3 and 10 years of work to build one Tower and it was a really tedious process each of them had a steady Foundation deep underground and a base made of Big Blocks of selenite Stone the rest of the tower was becoming thinner and lighter the higher it went in the 13th century they demolished many of the towers and others just collapsed by themselves
some of them were later reused as City Towers shops or residential buildings now you can see only 22 towers still standing in the center of bolognia two of them have become The Unofficial symbol of the city mentioned in every guide book another historical surprise coming from Italy is that Gladiators weren't only male gladiatrix were rare but they did exist there is evidence that several women took part in Rome's public games in ancient texts these women were often called ludia or mulies but not ladies some Scholars think it means that it was mostly lower class women
in the arena the term gladiatrix wasn't used in ancient times it was first coined in the 1800s women who chose to become Gladiators seem to do so for Independence Fame Financial rewards and probably debt remission they were most likely honored like male gladiators all this was a bit tricky to accept in Roman society at that time and women's roles in it at the beginning of the current ERA the Roman senate passed a law prohibiting Freeborn women under 20 from taking part in arena games emperor Septimus savus banned all women from the arena in the year
200 of the current ERA he was probably afraid that women might want to compete in the Olympic Games it would seriously mess up the existing social order pineapples were once the equivalent of designer bags and watches today a symbol of wealth and status in Britain you can still see them at the top of the western towers of St Paul's Cathedral one of the most famous landmarks of London explorers who came back from the Americas described pineapples with so much enthusiasm that everyone was dreaming about trying the king of fruits as it was called pineapples need
very high temperatures and years to mature and despite the cold and rainy climate of England and Scotland you could see pineapples growing in any wealthy Country House Garden by the end of the 18th century they even installed special green houses called pineries with heating systems a single pineapple was worth up to 80 lb which is about 15,000 bucks today of course people would hardly eat this expensive Beauty but send it as a gift or display on a dining table until it would rot folks who couldn't afford to buy a pineapple would sometimes rent one to
show off wealth at a party the king of fruits became a part of various designs and table wear for the rich Stone pineapples on gate posts and the pineapple at top The Wimbledon trophy are living memories of that time around 1820 there were so many pineapples imported from abroad that they started losing their luxury status a 100 million years ago there were giant crocodiles living in the Sahara desert in the 1990s paleontologists found fossilized skeletons of primitive crocodiles including the so-called super croc they discovered several partial skeletons from 110 million years ago this this prehistoric
giant with a head as large as an adult human was about 40 ft long that's about two times as tall as a giraffe The Croc thrived both in water and on land as part of a diverse ecosystem of ancient North Africa the expeditions to the Sahara found a whole Lost World of ancient crocodiles with some species that resembled modern animals one of them was the dog Croc with its tall legs and Keen sense of smell it moved through the surroundings much like a dog another fascinating find was the duck Croc a 3ft long crocodile with
duck build platypus likee features it was adapted for life on land rather than water and then there was also the rat Croc a small 2ft long crocodile this species had front teeth perfect for digging up insects these prehistoric creatures were more agile active and probably more intelligent than today's Crocs who are passive Hunters if noise cancelling headphones had been invented in the 19th century they would have come in really handy on the 27th of August 1883 the island of croca and Indonesia experienced a catastrophic eruption It produced what is believed to be the loudest sound
ever recorded as cailla collapsed it triggered tsunamis with waves reaching 150 1 ft that traveled as far as South Africa crocilla was an uninhabited volcanic island that had interrupted for two centuries before this terrible day the eruption took the lives of over 30,000 people and caused extreme fluctuations in air pressure perceived as sound a barometer at a Gas Works 100 m from katoa recorded 172 DB an average human can withstand up to 130 DB of sound without getting in serious trouble this intense pressure ruptured the eardrums of sailors on the British ship noram Castle which
was 40 m away from crocella the sound we from it circled the globe and people could still hear it even 3,000 miles away where it resembled cannon fire the late 1800s were a golden era for Grand mustaches but there was one problem you couldn't enjoy a cup of tea with this kind of facial hairstyle the heat from the tea would melt mustache wax and make the ends droop fine gentlemen had to struggle because of it until the invention of the mustache cup Harvey Adams a British Potter likely invented the mustache cup in the 1870s he
patented a butterfly-shaped ledge inside the cup with a hole to sip through thanks to it the mustache didn't get wet these cups quickly became a hit first in the UK and then across Europe in the United States they were sold at stor stores like Sears and Marshall Fields now part of Macy's mustache cups came in various shapes and sizes some like Farmers cups could hold up to a pint of tea others were smaller porcelain pieces shaped like con shells or decorated with the owner's name they often came with matching saucers Lord Byron one of the
greatest British poets kept numerous dogs and cats and a whole bunch of exotic animals there was a monkey a crocodile a fox peacocks a bear and several Badgers when Byron attended Trinity College Cambridge College Rules prohibited keeping dogs on the grounds he got really angry and decided to go around the rules Byron brought a tame bear as his pet the college authorities argued with him but since the statutes did not specifically mention Bears they had no legal grounds to remove either the bear or its owner Byron walked the bear on a chain talked to it
and even considered applying for the bear to become a student at the college we still don't know how and where Byron got the bear but when he left Cambridge he took the bear with him to his estate in London that's it for today so hey if you pacified your curiosity then give the video a like and share it with your friends or if you want more just click on these videos and stay on the bright side
