Notorious killer, Jeffrey Dahmer, was sentenced to life in prison after killing and brutally dismembering 17 people. While he was incarcerated, Dahmer began speaking to a few different ministers and proceeded to complete a Bible study course.
Perhaps it was just boredom, or perhaps he was looking for some kind of redemption. We will never know for sure and no one can ask him now because Dahmer was murdered by fellow inmates two years into his sentence.
John Quincy Adams Used to Swim Every Morning…
...in the nude! That’s right, Adams used to wake up by taking a skinny dip in the morning. Some people wake up with a cup of coffee, but others have their own routines.
Whatever gets you out of bed, we suppose!
There Used to be a Fourteenth Colony
The colony was called Franklin after Ben. In 1784, a few renegades in North Carolina voted to secede from the state and named their newly formed state “Franklin”.
However, Congress overruled the secession and refused to allow the state to join the Union. Franklin continued on its own for as long as its inhabitants could, but eventually, the colony became a part of Tennessee.
Martha Washington Named Her Pet After This Historical Figure
After taking a liking to a feral tomcat, Martha Washington decided it was time to name her feral friend.
She didn’t necessarily have the best relationship with the Secretary of the Treasury that served under her husband’s rule, so she decided to pay a bit of a joke on Alexander Hamilton by naming the cat after him.
The Civil War Lead to a Sizeable Increase in the World’s Oldest Profession
Numerous factors probably influenced the rise in prostitution following the Civil War. Whether it was correlation or causation, the number of working women certainly increased following the war.
In Nashville for example, the documentation number of prostitutes rose from 207 to over 1500 following the war!