Ever bounced a baby, rolled paint, or enjoyed instant replay? Thank Canada’s unsung inventors!

Here are six things you did NOT know were Canadian. #CanadianInventions #Innovation #HistoryFacts #canada

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"The Politics of Reproduction in Ottoman Society, 1838-1900" sheds light on how turbulent population changes led to anxieties in the Ottoman elites and the state. #History #19thCentury #Muslim #Ottoman #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/review/483/the-politics-of-reproduction-in-ottoman-society-18/

The Man Who Married the Thunder Sister is a legend of the Cherokee nation about a young warrior who falls in love with a Thunder Sister and follows her home where he finds nothing is what it seems to be, not even the young woman. #History #Cherokee #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2552/the-man-who-married-the-thunder-sister/

Ghosts, demons, spirits, and monsters have been haunting humanity for at least 3,500 years. #History #Ghost #Death #Demons #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/collection/282/a-gallery-of-ghosts-demons-spirits--monsters/

New Testament is the name for the second half of the Christian Bible, compiled from the 2nd century CE, after the separation of Christianity from Judaism. #History #TheGospels #NewTestament #Christianity #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/New_Testament/

Throughout 1938, Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), the leader of Nazi Germany, threatened to occupy the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia. #History #AdolfHitler #Appeasement #Czechoslovakia #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2555/hitlers-occupation-of-czechoslovakia/

The Ulunsuti tales of the Cherokee deal with the mystical jewel, the Ulunsuti ("transparent"), a diamond on the forehead of the great horned serpent Uktena. #History #Cherokee #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2551/ulunsuti-tales/

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The famed Republic of Turkey was established, with Mustafa Kemal Atatürk laying the groundwork for a modern nation. From introducing surnames to making hats a fashion statement, he reshaped Turkey from the fez up!
#HistoryFacts #Turkey #Modernisation

The Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806) was a US military expedition of exploration, led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, whose goal was to explore the newly acquired western lands that comprised the Louisiana Purchase and to reach the Pacific Ocean. #History #LouisianaPurchase #CorpsOfDiscovery #MeriwetherLewis #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/Lewis_and_Clark_Expedition/

"In Miserable Slavery: Thomas Thistlewood in Jamaica 1750 - 86" is a detailed account of the life of Thomas Thistlewood, an Englishman who moved to Jamaica in the mid-18th century and became a plantation overseer and later a small-scale landowner. #History #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/review/479/in-miserable-slavery-thomas-thistlewood-in-jamaica/

The Battle of the Little Bighorn (25-26 June 1876) is the most famous engagement of the Great Sioux War (1876-1877). #History #SittingBull #GreatSiouxWar #USHistory #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/Battle_of_the_Little_Bighorn/

Dolley Madison (1768-1849), born Dolley Payne, was a prominent American First Lady, a function she held both during the presidency of her husband, James Madison, and for his predecessor, the widower Thomas Jefferson. #History #DolleyMadison #FirstLady #JamesMadison #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/Dolley_Madison/

Old Testament is the Christian name for the books of the Jewish scriptures that constitute the first half of the Christian Bible. #History #OldTestament #Christianity #Bible #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/Old_Testament/

My Life on the Plains or Personal Experiences with Indians (1874) is a full-length narrative by George Armstrong Custer (l. 1839-1876) of his time out west from 1867-1874. #History #WashitaMassacre #BlackKettle #USHistory #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2550/custers-account-of-the-battle-of-washita-river/

The Anschluss ('fusion') of 12 March 1938 was the annexation and formal union of Austria with Germany. #History #AdolfHitler #Austria #Germany #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/Anschluss_of_Austria/

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was an American lawyer, statesman, philosopher, and a Founding Father of the United States. #History #ThomasJefferson #AmericanRevolution #MarthaJefferson #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/Thomas_Jefferson/

The Washita Massacre (Battle of Washita River) was the slaughter of the village of the Southern Cheyenne Chief Black Kettle (l. c. 1803-1868) and the peace chiefs aligned with him on 27 November 1868 at the hands of the 7th Cavalry led by Lt. #History #WashitaMassacre #Cheyenne #BlackKettle #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/Washita_Massacre/

The Hitler Youth (Hitlerjugend or HJ), named after the leader of the German Nazi Party Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), was designed to indoctrinate 14-18 year-old boys into the party's way of thinking. #History #HitlerYouth #AdolfHitler #Germany #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/Hitler_Youth/

George Armstrong Custer (l. 1839-1876) was an officer in the US Army, serving in the cavalry from 1861 to 1865 during the American Civil War and the wars against the Plains Indians 1866-1876. #History #GreatSiouxWar #AmericanCivilWar #USHistory #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/George_Armstrong_Custer/

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American author and poet, often credited as the father of the short story, a pioneer of science fiction, the inventor of the detective story, and the master of the horror genre. #History #Literature #EdgarAllanPoe #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/Edgar_Allan_Poe/