Which American president kept a pet alligator in the White House bathroom?

Napoleon Bonaparte was famously attacked by which animal during a hunting trip in 1807?

The Great Molasses Flood of 1919 killed 21 people when a giant storage tank burst in which American city?

Which ancient Roman emperor famously made his horse a consul of Rome?

The War of Jenkins' Ear, which began in 1739, was triggered when a British sea captain displayed which unusual item to Parliament?

Pope Gregory IX in 1232 declared which animal to be associated with devil worship, leading to mass extermination across Europe?

Which country accidentally invaded itself in 1788 when its own troops mistook each other for enemies and fought a battle?

In 1518, the city of Strasbourg experienced a bizarre outbreak in which hundreds of people could not stop doing what for weeks on end?

The ancient Greeks reportedly used which unusual creature as a form of biological warfare by catapulting them at enemies?

In 1386, a pig was put on trial in France for which crime?