Historical

If you've followed us for a while, you'll know we love a good recreation. Whether it's couples who reenact famous movie posters, or people passing their time in quarantine by recreating famous paintings, we've got your covered. And now we have a new recreation gem for you, in the form of some Czech students who reenacted strange scenes from medieval books and it's hilarious. I'm not going to lie, this might be my favorite reenactment yet. 

Time is a weird thing, but our perception of time is even stranger. We think of some historical events as things that happened in the "ancient times" or "olden days", and others as fairly recent, or "modern". But our minds would be blown if we found out how many of them actually happened in the same era, like the ones below. See how many of these crazy historical facts you actually knew, and how many will make you say "Whaaaaat?!"

Each week we bring you a talented female artist who creates incredible quality content and this week, we've picked Becca Saladin, the graphic designer behind Instagram account @royalty_now_. Becca's combined passion for making history come alive and photoshop means that she is able to "Photomanipulate how historical figures would look if they were alive today", according to her Facebook page. Check out how Becca's interpretation of what royalty from the past would look like today comes to life in her pictures below. Once you've enjoyed her brilliant creations, check out last week's female artist of the week in case you missed it. 

Just when you think Disney characters have been re-imagined in every possible way -- BAM! 

There's another. 

I mean, we thought we saw the end of this trend when one artist re-imagined them as hot dogs. 

But oddly enough, whenever a new re-imagined scenario pops up, it's impossible not to scroll through and enjoy the sheer imagination and the obvious talent of the artists. 

Disney characters re-imagined as historical paintings is done by the talented Carlos Gromo, and you can follow his awesome work on Instagram! 

Historical facts always take us on a wild ride! What makes it so darn interesting is that it's true! All these fact below aren't some made up fictional story. 

Hitler was actually nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. 

If that's not the most confusing/baffling thing you've ever heard then we simply don't believe you. 

The more you know! These facts are WILD. Who knew that the very first fax was sent around the time of the Oregon Trail?! That fact totally changed my perception of time. 

Here are 16 unusual historical facts, you may not have heard of: