What happened on this day in history: The "Night of Fire" sets off the Haitian Revolution, the infamous Devil's Island penal colony closes, and more events that occurred on August 22nd.1485: Battle Of Bosworth Field Takes Place Wikimedia CommonsRichard III and Henry Tudor fight in the center of Bosworth Field, as painted by Abraham Cooper in 1825. The Battle of Bosworth Field, the last major battle of the Wars of the Roses, takes place between the Houses of Lancaster and York.

Medieval people drank almond milk before it was trendy.Wikimedia Commons In a time before licensed dietitians and Instagram-famous fitness-gurus, there was the Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum, a poetic scripture that doctors designed for English royals. It served as one of the most popular European feeding guides for nearly six centuries and included odd antidotes for various maladies, such as using leeks to increase fertility or to stop nosebleeds, depending on exactly what you were dealing with at the moment.

Years before the polio vaccine and Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" were born into existence, pesticides like DDT were thought to cure most ailments. Yes, this happened in San Antonio, Texas. The director of the city’s Department of Health, H.L. Crittenden, ordered the spraying of DDT along every one of over a thousand streets in May, 1946 in an ill-fated attempt to wipe out polio. A handful of other cities joined in, like Rockford, Illinois, and Paterson, New Jersey.

Lozen Ancient OriginsA painting said to depict Lozen that is on display at the International Native American Memorial in St. Augustine, Fla. Lozen is one of history’s fiercest women warriors, equipped with a sharp mind, top-notch fighting skills, and an uncanny knack for correctly predicting enemy movements. Sometimes called the “Apache Joan of Arc,” Lozen was the sister of a prominent chief and member of the Chiricahua Apaches. Instead of sticking to traditional female roles at the time, she became a medicine woman and used her strategic brain to help her people fight again the U.

All the facts you need to know about South African comedian Trevor Noah, who will be replacing Jon Stewart on the Daily Show.Jon Stewart is finally saying goodbye to The Daily Show after 17 years of serving up sharp, quick-witted satire on the Comedy Central series. Ever since Stewart’s announcement, the Internet has collapsed into a tizzy speculating who would take over the coveted role. Yet it came as a complete surprise when the network announced that comedian Trevor Noah would be replacing Stewart.