I was never really into history, what is it about history that you find interesting or beneficial?

It's interesting because the best stories come from history. That's because the best stories you just can't make up. You can tell a story is real, that it's history, when after hearing it, you immediately know that there's no way anybody could've made that up. Particularly good examples of this are the Wars of the Roses and the fall of the Roman Republic and rise of the Roman Empire (i.e., the rise and fall of Julius Caesar and the rise of Augustus Caesar, Julius Caesar's twin sister Julia's son, including the rise and fall of Cleopatra and continuing through the death of Caesarean, the son she had with Julius Caesar). So interesting and compelling and such rich fodder are these histories that Shakespeare, the most famous fiction writer of all time, took a break from making up his own plots to use both of these historical plots as the basis for his writing, because he knew that this was stuff even he couldn't make up.

I was born w/ an aptitude for it which means it's easy for me to learn. The more I learn the more curious I get and the cycle continues. But, I love trivia and played on one of the best teams in the central time zone until covid. I still watch a lot of trivia. Learning is fun.

It puts present events into context and can be a powerful teacher.

Humans are as primitive, viscous, violent and carnivorous as their ancient ancestors. Presently however, they have better weapons to practice their barbarism.

It gives an idea of what has been and what is likely to come. A quasi-history book that I have recently been reading is, "Better Angels of our Nature," by Steven Pinker. It graphs and mathematically expresses how the world is getting better, projections are made about the future nature of mankind. It offers some hope.

Because there is nothing really new under the sun.

If you wonder how you got where you are, or how a society got where they are, you’ll find answers in history.

You will see mistakes to avoid, warning signs to watch for, what spurred an innovation, what turned the tides of war and what preserved peace.

We are living in a present success based on the lives of the generations before us.

I know that everything we are as people is the sum total of our unique histories; the people and events that influenced us.

You’ll probably find the older you get the more interest in history you’ll have.

You could replace the word "history", there, with any other subject on Yahoo Answers and post it in the relevant category, couldn't you?!