Quiz: Weird Pets in History

5 March 2021 / 0 Comments

Many people own pets, from dogs and cats to the more exotic, but how much do you know about pets in history? Take our quiz to find out!

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Toby Kilroy

Toby's experience comes from website design as well as experience running large forums and communities. After he married Debbie he developed a keen interest in history and found himself discussing history quite a lot!

Fact of the Day

The term 'freelance' derives from Walter Scott's description of Medieval mercenaries in his book 'Ivanhoe'.

Quote of the Day

"I have no political ambitions for myself or my children. "

~ Joseph P. Kennedy

On This Day

1227 Genghis Khan, founder of the Mongol Empire and responsible for perhaps 40 million deaths, died.

1510 Henry VII's two most hated - and most efficient - servants, Edmund Dudley and Richard Empson, were executed on the orders of Henry VIII in what was possibly his first act of judicial murder.

1590 The Roanoke colony was found mysteriously deserted, with the word 'CROATOAN' carved on the pallisade.

1783 A huge fiery meteor was seen in the sky over the east coast of Scotland and England, before moving over the Continent. Some reports have it that the meteor finally disappeared over northern Italy.

1939 The Nazis set up the Reich Committee to assess whether each newborn child with a disability should be 'euthanised'.