Historical lateral thinking puzzles

An artist took an order to paint a portrait of a very ugly and arrogant woman. Everyone tried to dissuade him, claiming that she wouldn’t pay a penny, because the portrait would be bad. And so it happened. But two days later, the woman returned and begged the artist to sell her the portrait. Why?

Bill died and went to heaven. There he saw thousands of people, who all were naked. He was looking around hoping to find someone he knew. And then he saw Adam and Eve. How did he know it was them?

When kids were watching TV, they were not frigthened so much. But when they saw others suffering, they realized that something was not right.

At the end of the XIX century one american enterpreneur invented a system to withstand competition. This system we all use nowadays.

King George IV was born in 1763 and ruled England from 1820 to 1830 when he died. He wasn’t an outstanding ruler but is known as a footwear trendsetter. His shoes were fundamentally different from those worn by his contemporaries. Everyone liked this innovation so much that today it’s a common practice, which can’t be said about those times. What kind of innovation is it?

Why Alexander the Great told his army to shave off their beards?

There were many reasons why John enjoyed coming here. But his wife Mary hated this place, as did other women in the city. Why?

Aborigines lived on an island in the middle of the ocean. However, they found a way to get rich. How did they do it?