crazy history facts you won't learn

anywhere else part 30. in the late 19th

and early 20th centuries human zoos were

a popular attraction in the west where

indigenous people were displayed in a

mock-up of their natural habitat Norse

explorer Eric the Red named the icy land

Greenland to entice settlers Iceland

which is greener was named by another

Norseman hoping to keep people away from

his Discovery in the Roman era it was

fashionable for women to have full dark

eyebrows that nearly met in the middle

if nature didn't provide they'd use

Mouse fur as a substitute in the 1890s

cities like New York and London faced an

environmental crisis due to the

overwhelming amount of horse manure from

Transportation the automobile ironically

was seen as an environmental savior one

of the largest witch trials in history

happened in Sweden in 1675 in a single

day 71 people were beheaded and then

burned