History was one of my favorite subjects in school. The home life of ancient civilizations, entitled rulers, and the practice of smuggling books.
As if they were forbidden were all fascinating to me. According to around 20% of Americans, history or social studies was their favorite subject in school.
However, education does not teach you all there is to know about history. Some historical tidbits are thought to be too unimportant for educational curricula.
Fortunately, for those of us with an inquisitive mind, sites like the IG Historians account fill this need. Here are a few of their more intriguing posts as a result.
Bored Panda contacted Liz Covart to discuss if history is really written by the winners since our topic is fascinating but little-known historical events.
