10 History Facts They Didn’t Teach You At School<br /><br />#1 The Luftwaffe had a master interrogator whose tactic was being as nice as possible<br /><br />#2 In Ancient Asia, death by elephant was a popular form of execution.<br /><br />#3 The UK government collected postcards as intelligence for the D-Day landings.<br /><br />#4 When Marcus Crassus died, molten gold was poured down his throat.<br /><br />#5 Germany uncovers 2,000 tons of unexploded bombs every year.<br /><br />#6 In Ancient Greece, wearing skirts was manly.<br /><br />#7 A singing birthday card has more computer power in it than the entire Allied Army of WWII.<br /><br />#8 In 1386, a pig was executed in France.<br /><br />#9 Cleopatra’s reign was closer to the moon landings than the Great Pyramid being built.<br /><br />#10 Shrapnel is named after its inventor
