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Wenseslao Moguel fought in the Mexican Revolution for Pancho Villa, but was captured and executed by firing squad. After being shot by 9 rifles, the officer in command of the squad shot him in the head with a pistol at close range to make sure he was dead. He then crawled away, recovered, and lived a long and happy life. This gives us the most upbeat song about getting shot ever, by the only anarchist collective to get a british top 10 hit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05j25PHA7l8
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ToxicSlurpee posted:A significant amount of history can be summed up as "a pretty big dick move." e: for content: During the Mexican-American war, a significant contingent of american irishmen straight up deserted to join the mexican army, forming what would become known as the St. Patrick's Battalion. Their final battle would be Churubusco, where after shooting the mexican general who tried to surrender, they were eventually defeated by hand-to-hand combat. Despite many of them being hung for desertion after being captured, their commander John Riley retired in Mexico. Ichabod Sexbeast has a new favorite as of 23:21 on Jan 4, 2016 |
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Mousepractice posted:There was an actual super villain by the same name back in the seventeenth century! He tried to steal the crown jewels from the tower! Why the gently caress is there not a heist movie of this? Can Bill Murray do an irish accent?
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Only because Jerry Falwell provoked them
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Homestar Runner posted:The suggestion that the author of the plays of William Shakespeare was actually either Edward de Vere, Kit Marlowe, Francis Bacon or some other random punter is some conspiracy level garbo, particularly given that several modern computerised data-matching algorithms have since proven conclusively that none of those candidates share any credible stylistic similarities to ol' Shakesy. That's because Marlowe didn't write any of his won plays - he was too busy writing Shakespeare's! So who wrote Marlowe's, you ask? Well, Shakespeare had a lot of time on his hands... 
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So what's the recipe?
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I think that may have happened, given no-one talks about the immortal french god-king of the swedes
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Please tell me "Doc" was a common carthaginian form of address
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Smash it Smash hit posted:That dog will never be HEAD of a major corporation Because he is a proud socialist
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A White Guy posted:If you really want to be pedantic, every president of the US, even Barack, is descended from Charlemagne. Also quite probably Ghengis Khan. Quite the combo there.
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I like the idea of them also being the same guy, that dude would be p. awesome
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Gorn MysonEl Estrago Bonito posted:Fun Facts: The title of Earl of Sandwich didn't come about for several decades after Francis Bacon's death. Similar thing happened with Earl Grey. Outlaws slavery, expands suffrage, and eliminates rotten boroughs, but all anyone cares about is the lovely weird tea... e: not universal male suffrage, corrected Ichabod Sexbeast has a new favorite as of 14:11 on Apr 5, 2016 |
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The smuggest racist snake, thinking about tangerines
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I was gonna say ancient D&D
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Cows have best friends and you eat them all the time 
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Nobody knows where Ghengis Khan is buried either, great pains were taken to hide his tomb. Also Australia lost their prime minister in the 60s, but that was more of an accidental thing.
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Jesus Christ Superstar
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I imagine it was afterwards
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Hairdresser Vidal Sassoon used to fight nazis for fun just after WW2
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OG fashion was pretty cutthroat
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Subjunctive posted:Don't make me look it up, drop a sweet mnemonic on me. Preferably in 8-bar rap battle form
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who won?
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Wasn't photography real expensive, even on cardstock? I remember seeing a bunch of photos of victorians pulling stupid faces because the cameraman was trying to use up a bunch of film before it expired, so they got it for free. Although this was a thing by 1905: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/What%27s_Delaying_My_Dinner I'd have posted the image but imgur was being lovely with me and pretending not to exist
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TheHomerTax posted:All my fat terrier does is eat, sleep, and lick his crotch So do most soldiers given the chance
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Bertrand Hustle posted:It's actually a mirror A mirror made of bees?
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Might be veering off topic, but this is an italian impression of engligh gibberish that is maddening to a native english speaker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VsmF9m_Nt8
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Depends what english they started with. I'm from Stoke, which has a dialect called "Potters" that may as well be its own language Cost kick a bo againt a wo an' then 'it it wi' thi yed till it bosses?
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Convincing new recruits it's an ancient and honourable warrior tradition is probably an ancient and honourable warrior tradition though e: Heavens, what a terrible snype. Content: Joseph Lister, the 1st baron Lister and surgical pioneer, is famous to this day for championing antiseptic surgery, earning him public monuments in both London and a hospital named after him in Chelsea. He also managed to kill 3 people while operating on 1 person. Ichabod Sexbeast has a new favorite as of 08:49 on Jul 23, 2019 |
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This conversation's a little Bulgar e: once again, the worst snipe. Ghengis Khan held a religious debate between Christians, Muslims and Buddhists. It ended early when the christians got drunk and started singing hymns over everyone else. Source: Ghengis Khan and the making of the modern world, by Jack Weatherford Ichabod Sexbeast has a new favorite as of 17:41 on Jul 27, 2019 |
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Are we sure that guy isn't just the 17th century equivalent of "if women don't want to pay for tampons they can just hold in their periods"?
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my favourite historical fact is the one about John Henry being a steel drivin' man e: oh poo poo we've rerailed, my bad
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Samovar posted:Yeah, just be wary of doing that if the Captain has seized mystical seashells from the Formosan travelers tho. You need at least 3 seashells to poop properly though
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Suspect Bucket posted:Meanwhile, MCM5 gave rise to tolerance of Prairie School architecture. Not to be confused with MC5, which confers jam intolerance
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what the gently caress that is not an american accent that is a british accent that keeps pigs and makes cider e: far closer to this than anything american https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cun-LZvOTdw Ichabod Sexbeast has a new favorite as of 00:45 on Feb 22, 2020 |
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Alhazred posted:The Great Sphinx of Giza is not a sphinx. It got that name 2000 years after it was constructed. Before that it was known as Horus of the Horizon but we do not know what the people who constructed it called it. 5 Vigilant Gaze Purges The Horizon
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Vespasius is super friendly and wants to buy you a drink and then tell you ALLLLLL of his opinions about muslims Gordian I and Gordian II were great friends, but they had a falling out about what kind of shed they should get for the allotment Severus Alexander is hot, but he knows it and is way too up himself as a result (also paging Ms. Boods if she's not here already)
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Wasn't a good chunk of being a second going "Leave it bro he's not worth it bro he's not worth it?" Like I remember reading about how a lot of duels would consist of turning up and then being talked down, or missing the shot, so you had the ritual of the duel but without necessarily having the actual physical danger Can't remember WHERE I read it though, so could be bollocks
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Der Kyhe posted:I think large portion of our 50's movie industry involved husholderske (kodinhoitaja) and the old estate owner being in love. Wait, when did the Olsen Boys start busting up the scene?
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System Metternich posted:Namely he theorised that there were three stages where God first put the soul of a plant into the foetus, then the soul of an animal and finally a human soul. Your Soul Is Not An Onion With A Plant Inside also fascinating, thank you! Always love hearing about the background to theological debates like this
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