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

So rebellious were moustaches in 1850s Naples that the carabinieri could drag men into barbers and have them forcibly shaved.

Quote of the Day

"Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please. "

~ Karl Marx

On This Day

1829 The Roman Catholic Relief Act received royal assent. It allowed British Catholics to vote, hold public office, and sit in parliament.

1912 The Royal Flying Corps was founded.

1919 British troops slaughter hundreds of unarmed Indian civilians in Amritsar at the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre.

1970 Late in the evening, an explosion in one of the oxygen tanks after a routine procedure caused crisis and a mission abort for Apollo 13.