stackyFACTSAfter his brother's massive European empire totally collapsed, the former King of Spain needed a quiet place to hide. He logically chose the remote woodlands of New Jersey, building a massive estate where he threw lavish parties for baffled local residents.
Keep exploring facts in this topic.
History →STACKY FOR IPHONEKeep discovering with Stacky. Interesting facts in an app that is always within reach.
In 1952, the iconic physicist Albert Einstein was formally offered an unbelievable career change, which he politely turned down.
Discover more
Being a royal food taster was the absolute worst job in the kingdom. You were served the finest culinary masterpieces on earth, but every single bite carried…
Discover more
Honestly, modern Congress could probably learn a thing or two from this methodology. Herodotus recorded that whenever the ancient Persians had to make a…
Discover more
Bohemian Protestants kicked off the Thirty Years' War in 1618 by literally tossing three Catholic officials out of a third-story window in Prague. In an era…
Discover more
President John Quincy Adams allegedly kept a pet alligator in a bathtub at the White House, delighting in terrifying his unsuspecting political guests when…
Discover more
Before Tennessee existed, there was the State of Franklin, a rogue territory that declared independence from North Carolina in 1784. They drafted a…
Discover more