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r/HistoryAnecdotes

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Home to the most interesting, and often humorous, anecdotes and short accounts from history.

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Updated Nov 5, 2023
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to r/HistoryAnecdotes by alecb
6 days ago
Corrie ten Boom was a Dutch watchmaker who lived above her family's shop when the Nazis invaded the Netherlands in 1940. Soon after, they decided to build a secret room and use it to hide Jewish refugees. Over the next four years, Corrie ten Boom saved more than 800 people from the Holocaust.
in Netherlands
to r/HistoryAnecdotes by poopguru
4 months ago
[An incredible interview from 1968] SIDNEY POITIER rips into journalists after only being asked questions surrounding race.
Early Modern
to r/HistoryAnecdotes by sbroue
10 months ago
Preview thumbnail for A "Moby Dick Coin", the Ecuadorian 8 Escudos doubloon, minted in Quito, Ecuador, between 1838 and 1843, is the one ounce of gold "sixteen dollar piece" Captain Ahab nails to the mast of the Pequod, promising it to the first man who "raises" Moby-Dick. image
A "Moby Dick Coin", the Ecuadorian 8 Escudos doubloon, minted in Quito, Ecuador, between 1838 and 1843, is the one ounce of gold "sixteen dollar piece" Captain Ahab nails to the mast of the Pequod, promising it to the first man who "raises" Moby-Dick.
in Quito, Ecuador
to r/HistoryAnecdotes by Abrytan
9 months ago
An administrative mix up leads to an interesting journey on a troopship
to r/HistoryAnecdotes by as2k10
1 year ago
A spot of sporting banter