(May 18, 2015 at 12:08 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:Min, is there any historical event that are of the strange but true variety that had a major impact on history?
Nothing comes to mind. I guess the problem is the term 'major impact.' There are lots of implausibles in history; like why didn't the Confederates march on Washington after First Bull Run. But when you look a little more closely you find that they were almost as fucked up by winning as the union was by losing. They weren't marching anywhere.
Quote:Do you know any good, salacious gossip about historical figures that most people don't know?
You mean like George Washington having mistresses? I suspect that all powerful men had the vices which powerful men repeatedly show throughout history. What makes it gossip?
I didn't know that George Washington had mistresses but it doesn't surprise me either.
By gossip, I mean all the interesting tidbits that teachers leave out of their lessons or the little facts that make historical figures appear more human
