Random History Facts

To generate a set of random historical facts select how many you would like to see and hit the generate button.

If you cut down a cactus in Arizona, you be penalized up to 25 years in jail. It is similar to cutting down a protected tree species.
Until 2016, the “Happy Birthday” song was not for public use. Meaning, prior to 2016, the song was copyrighted and you had to pay a license to use it.
Ketchup Was Sold in the 1830s as Medicine

What is this tool?

The history of humankind is littered with amazing events that have been written down for future generations to learn about.

As a fun way to explore just some of these historical facts, I created this random generator containing 155 facts through different periods in time.