19 Facts That Make History Feel Just a Little Less Serious

Let's face it: History can be kind of a bummer sometimes. All that war, genocide, -isms of various natures really gets you down after a while. Sure, it’s important — there's that whole thing about history repeating for those who don't study it that's extra crucial for the worst parts — but would it have killed those past people to have a laugh every now and then?

Well, sometimes it literally did. Fortunately, that didn't (always) stop them, and history is riddled with moments of wacky levity in between the horrors, occasionally really sandwiched in there. For example, there was “that time Liechtenstein went to war with 80 troops and [came] back with 81,” having fought no battles and brought back a friend, u/UncreativePotato143 told r/AskReddit.

They asked, “What's a fun history fact that not many people know?”