25 Facts That Completely Change How You View Winston Churchill
However, after reading some of these freaky facts, you may never look at Churchill the same way. Don't say we didn't warn you!
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Winston Churchill demanded his coffin to be transported through the London Waterloo Station after his death, as he wanted future invitee, French President de Gaulle to walk bare-headed under the Waterloo’s archway that marked Britain's victory over France in the Battle of Waterloo -u/axonable
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Fish & Chips was an aid in winning WWII. Sir Winston Churchill saw the comfort food as a 'good companion' and was a dish that didn't get rationed to keep morale up. On the frontlines, troops calling "fish" and allies calling "chips" was an effective way to tell whether you were friend or foe. -u/ruelmoralesmusic
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Winston Churchill was almost killed in an auto accident in New York City on December 13, 1931, when he was crossing Fifth Avenue. Churchill did not look the other way because in the United States traffic keeps to the right whereas in the United Kingdom traffic keeps to the left. -u/LimeSugar
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Winston Churchill, a notorious drinker, circumvented prohibition while visiting the U.S. by obtaining a letter from his doctor prescribing alcohol for treatment following a vehicular accident. -u/SingLikeTinaTurner
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22-year-old George Washington was the catalyst of the French and Indian War, which became the "7 Year War of 1756-1763" in Europe, and which Winston Churchill referred to as the real "First World War" as it encompassed much of the European world. -u/ClownfishSoup
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The plans for Winston Churchill's state funeral had to be revised several times because Churchill outlived several intended pallbearers. -u/stupidusername69
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Winston Churchill is considered one of the Founding Fathers of the European Union. Churchill called for a "United States of Europe", organized democratically, to prevent future wars. He was a driving force behind the creation of the Council of Europe. -u/coffeeinvenice
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Winston Churchill’s Historic “Fight Them on the Beaches” Speech Wasn’t Heard by the Public Until After WWII -u/NineteenEighty9
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Winston Churchill's mom was an "American dollar princess" from Brooklyn who had a snake tattoo on her wrist! -u/TakeMeToTheBakery
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King Alexander of Greece died after being bitten by a monkey that had attacked his German shepherd. This significantly impacted Balkan history and Winston Churchill later wrote, "it is perhaps no exaggeration to remark that a quarter of a million persons died of this monkey's bite." -u/hunterschuler
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When Winston Churchill sold Chartwell, the family home, to the National Trust, he required that there always be a marmalade cat named Jock in "comfortable residence." The Trust honored that request. The current occupant is Jock VII, a six-month-old rescue kitten. -u/redaoife
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General Dwight D. Eisenhower threatened to quit just months before the D-Day landing due to disagreements with Winston Churchill on how to liberate France. -u/ser_antonii
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Winston Churchill wanted to go to sea with the fleet and watch the D-Day landings from HMS Belfast. This idea was opposed by many and it took King George VI to stop him by insisting that if Churchill went then he would go as well. Eventually, Churchill backed down. -u/sober_disposition
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In a 2008 survey, 58% of British teenagers thought Sherlock Holmes was a real guy, while 23% thought Winston Churchill was not. -deleted user
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Winston Churchill wrote a scientific paper discussing the possibility of life on the moon but concluded that the existence of lunar life was unlikely -u/today_okay
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In April 1918, Winston Churchill nominated Theodore Roosevelt to be the Allies' plenipotentiary to Moscow. The plan was for Roosevelt to make a deal where Lenin reentered the war and the Allies would "safeguard the permanent fruits of the Revolution" -u/jamescookenotthatone
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Winston Churchill got Iran to change its name to Persia, to avoid confusion with Iraq during WW2 -u/pmmeillicitbreadpics
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Yousuf Karsh's photo of Winston Churchill which is considered a symbol of Britain's defiance against Nazism is actually about a cigar. Churchill refused to remove his cigar so Karsh stepped forward and removed the cigar himself, thus resulting in Churchill's less-than-thrilled facial expression. -u/WhileFalseRepeat
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Queen Elizabeth II has seen 13 different UK Prime Ministers come into power, with the first one being Winston Churchill. -u/qmzwnxo
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In 1941, when a General asked Winston Churchill for more men to man Antiaircraft guns, Churchill replied "No, I can’t spare any men, you’ll have to use women." Mary Churchill (18), Winston Churchill's youngest daughter was among the first to join and rose to the rank of Junior Commander in 1944. -u/sersleepsalot1
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Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the United Kingdom declared war on Japan nine hours before the United States, partially due to Winston Churchill's promise to declare war "within the hour" of a Japanese attack on the United States. -u/sober_disposition
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Winston Churchill suffered a landslide defeat in the 1945 United Kingdom general election following the war -u/LiberalDomination
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Winston Churchill predicted lab-grown meat 89 years ago. "We shall escape the absurdity of growing a whole chicken in order to eat the breast or wing, by growing these parts separately under a suitable medium." -u/electricmaster23
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OMG's (Oh My God) First Use Was In A Letter To Winston Churchill In 1917. -u/nick_name_was_taken"
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