A Persian king called Xerxes (gzerk’sez) was trying to cross the Hellespont, also known as the Bosphorus. It’s a narrow bit of water known as the Dardenelles, north of Gallipoli. It’s near Byzantium. Anyway, so this king has an army of over 1,000,000 guys and wants to cross the river. So what does he do? …
In 1844 in Fremantle, Australia, John Gavin, a convicted murderer was hanged (wow, so what else is new? see how boring bare facts are?). The thing is, John was only 15. He was so light that the executioner had to attach weights to his body so that his neck broke when he was dropped! In …
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In 1963 in Perth, Australia, a guy by the name of John Button had a fight with his fiancee (engaged to be married) Rosemary (They were playing strip poker and he wouldn’t take off his pants). Rosemary got so upset she walked home. On her way home, a car came out of nowhere and ran …
During the Cold War, USSR decided to attack Afghanistan. After all, that’s what all big countries do, isn’t it? It was something to do with Afghanistan not supporting Communism. Anyway, the Russians did fairly well until they came up against Ahmed Shah Masud. This guy was holed up in a part of the Afghan mountains …
How is this for a bad case of red tape gone too far – In the Middle Ages, a group of church guys decided that a particular Pope was guilty of heresy. The only problem was … the Pope had died and was buried EIGHT DAYS EARLIER! The ritual for making someone a heretic in …