7 Historical Facts Stranger Than Fiction
These verified historical facts sound impossible but are completely true!
1
Napoleon was once attacked by rabbits. He ordered a rabbit hunt and was swarmed by hundreds of tame rabbits.
His aide had collected tame farm rabbits instead of wild ones. The rabbits rushed him looking for food.
2
Woolly mammoths were still alive when the Great Pyramid of Giza was being built.
A dwarf mammoth population on Wrangel Island survived until 1650 BC — just 600 years after the pyramid was completed.
3
Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952 — he declined.
Einstein said he lacked the natural aptitude and experience for dealing with people and duties of high office.