30 Of The Most Unusual Things That Happened Throughout History Shared By The “Weird History” Twitter Account (New Pics)

Contrary to what some boring textbooks may lead you to believe, there's more to history than just memorizing the dates of battles or revolutions. The reality is that there were a lot of odd and funny events that happened throughout history - and one Twitter account there is dedicated to collecting and sharing the most interesting ones. The Twitter account in question is called Weird History and was started by SpaceX engineer Andrew Rader back in 2011. Over the years, the account has amassed a following of nearly 173k people, and if you love history, I'm pretty sure you'll join in too. We've already featured some interesting historical facts shared by this page before here, and now it's back with even more - check it out below! More info: Twitter (Weird History) | Twitter (Andrew) | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Andrew-Rader.com

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