As Native American tribes were increasingly wiped out at the turn of the 20th century, a few photographers were determined to preserve their history. A Crow dancer from the early 1900s. Richard Throssel/University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center Arrowmaker, an Ojibwe man. 1903.Detroit Photographic Co. Source/Library of Congress Big Turkey. Lakota. 1912.F.W. Glasier & Co. Source/Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Blackfeet girl. Montana. Early 1900s.

These interesting facts about history were never taught to you by your teachers — and they probably never even knew.While any student of history has learned about the likes of Abraham Lincoln and World War II, how many of us know that Lincoln was a champion wrestler or that Franklin Roosevelt okayed a plan to bomb the Imperial Japanese Army with bombs attached to bats? When we step outside the familiar historical narratives passed down by the textbooks we all read in school, we realize just how many interesting history facts slipped through the cracks.

Stretching hundreds of miles across the Western Front, millions of soldiers fought in trenches during World War I — with horrific physical and mental consequences.Trench warfare effectively defined World War I. Though this military tactic can be traced back centuries, the large-scale use of trenches in World War I resulted in some of history’s most hellish battles. Historically, trenches had been used as a defense strategy against invaders — think of a moat surrounding a castle — but the advent of modern weaponry during World War I meant that trenches now needed to protect soldiers against machine-gun fire and artillery attacks.

She represented American on the global stage and became the country's most beloved dancer in spite of rampant discrimination.Donaldson Collection/Getty ImagesMaria Tallchief. Maria Tallchief’s talent and persistence allowed her to conquer stereotypes both at home and abroad and become a record-breaking dance star and America’s very first prima ballerina. Maria Tallchief’s Early Life The Osage tribe had been forced farther and farther from their homeland in modern-day Missouri ever since the Trail of Tears.

A researcher at the site said, "I remember when we got the dates back, and we just sat back and said 'Holy moly, this is old.'" Grant Callegari/Hakai Institute A team of Canadian Ph.D students discovered an ancient village that dates back to before the era of the pyramids. CTV reports that a team of students from the University of Victoria’s archeology department have uncovered the oldest settlement in North America.