Early 1800s facts
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During the early Middle Ages, almost every scholar thought the Earth was round, not flat. The myth that they thought earth is flat back, picked up steam in the 1800s, right around the same time the idea of evolution was rising in prominence — and religious and scientific interests clashed.
Thomas Alva Edison did not invent the light bulb; electric light sources were being experimented since early 1800s and an English Physicist Sir Joseph Swan had a working prototype of electric incandescent light bulb more than a decade earlier than Edison.
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Spiritualists, Mormons, Shakers, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Adventists all originated from relatively the same place (upstate New York) and the same time (early 1800s).
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In the early 1800s the British adopted the Nine Principle of Ethical Policing, under which “Police, at all times, should maintain a relationship with the public that gives reality to the historic tradition that the police are the public and the public are the police." They also don't carry guns.
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Celery was a very popular food in the 1800s through early 1900s. It was the third most popular menu ingredient in New York City restaurants, behind coffee and tea. Celery cost more than caviar because it was so hard to cultivate in those days.
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Waiterless' restaurants were pioneered in the late 1800s and were a hit in the early 20th century with the arrival of the Automat; the walls inside each store were lined with a series of small windows containing food. For a fee the window unlocked, allowing customers to pull out a meal.
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The demand for human teeth for dentures was so high in the early 1800s that after the battle of Waterloo, looters scavenged teeth from the dead soldiers on the battlefield. The teeth were stolen in such high numbers that sets of these dentures became known as "Waterloo Teeth."
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Ada Lovelace, the daughter of Lord Byron, was the first computer programmer back in the early 1800s
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Homework was extremely controversial in the 1800s and early 1900. In 1901 California even banned homework for everybody under the age of 15.
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In the early 1800s the British spent many hundred of thousands of pounds bribing countries to stop the slave trade
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During the early 1800s in NYC, there was a pig for every 4 people. There were so many pigs that it divided the city and resulted in rioting until a law was created banning pigs from Central Park.
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In the UK in the early 1800s dentures were often made of real human teeth stolen by graverobbers - until dentists discovered they could pull the teeth of the thousands of dead soldiers after the Battle of Waterloo and use those instead
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In the early days of baseball In the mid-1800s, you could be put out between the bases by having the ball thrown directly at you. Players were resistant when the rule was changed — "patching," as it was known, was considered an important and masculine part of the game.
In the early 1800s the Statute of Labourers was repealed and labour unrest began. Unions began to form to protect employees.
The Indian Removal Act was passed in 1930 but plans for this "forced relocation" began in the early 1800s.
In the early 1800s, the State of Georgia passed laws preventing Cherokee Native Americans from testifying against white people, selling land, mining for gold during the first American gold rush and the option of public dissent that lead to the Trail of Tears.
Beginning in the early 1800s, New York City has been the largest port of entry into the United States by immigrants.
Cady Stanton became involved in early feminism and the suffrage movement during the mid-1800s when she developed a friendship with Susan B. Anthony.
Groundhogs are used to predict weather in Pennsylvania since 1800s. If groundhog leaves its burrow on the February 2nd, spring will come early. If groundhog sees its own shadow and returns back to burrow, winter will last for another 6 weeks.
Two bromine compounds were used as sedatives and seizure medications in the 1800s and early 1900s.
Ohio went from 95% forest cover in the early 1800s to just 10% in 1910. Replanting efforts over the past century has led to steady growth of forests in the state.
Louisa traveled with her husband to his government posts in Russia, Belgium, and England in the early 1800s. The travels were sometimes dangerous as it brought her through Europe during the Napoleonic Wars.
The biggest Douglas Fir trees, cut down in the late 1800s and early 1900, were reportedly taller than the world’s largest living tree today, The Hyperion Redwood.
