In this thread, I will occasionally maybe probably be posting totally real 100% certified history facts for all the history enjoyers on forums!
Today’s history fact:
Bering’s strait was constructed in 1728 by the Danish architect Vitus Bering to allow early native Americans to cross the sea into the americas, making the Danish vikings the first people to discover the Americas!
This is the result of a scientific phenomenon known as “being very far away.” It’s a very common occurrence in the universe. In fact, most things in the universe are very far away from most other things in the universe.
Speed was invented in 1914 by Gavrilo Princip in order to assassinate archduke Ferdinand. Without speed, the bullet wouldn’t have been able to kill the archduke, so Gavrilo needed to invent a way for bullets to kill people. For his accomplishments, he’d later be titled the Princeps senatus of the Holy Roman Empire, with the word Princeps itself coming directly from his name, alongside later words such as prince.