10 Amazing History Stories Part 3 December 3, 2012 Noreen Embed This Infographic <a href="http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/12/10-amazing-history-stories-part-3"><img title="10 Amazing History Stories Part-3" src="http://www.todayifoundout.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/10-Amazing-History-Stories-Part-3-.jpg" alt="10 Amazing History Stories Part-3" width="620" border="0" class="nopin" /></a>[Source: <a href='http://www.todayifoundout.com' title='Interesting Facts'>Today I Found Out</a>] Expand for References and Further Reading Adolf Hitlet Had A British Nephew Who Joined The US Navy During WWII One Of The Great Practical Jokes of the 19th Century: the Berners Street Hoax John Wilkes Booth’s Brother Saved Abraham Lincoln’s Son’s Life Shortly Before Lincoln Was Assassinated The First Known Robot Was Created Around 400BC And Was A Mechanical Bird Pre-Sliced Bread Was Once Banned In The United States President Lincoln Originally Offered The Union Army Command To General Lee The Heroic Death Of Pliny The Elder An Encyclopaedia Finished In 1408 That Contained Nearly One Million Pages Two Pioneering Female Journalists Raced Each Other To Beat The Fictional Character Phileas Fogg from “Around The World In 80 Days” in 1889 December 4th: The Mary Celeste Is Found Completely Abandoned Yet Still Containing All Its Cargo, Plenty Of Food and Water and Still Under Sail. The Crew Were Never Seen Again. Share the Knowledge! Enjoy this article? Join over 50,000 Subscribers getting our FREE Daily Knowledge and Weekly Wrap newsletters: Subscribe Me To: Daily Knowledge | Weekly Wrap Featured Facts Infographic