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Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 7:34 pm

Roman generals raised the morals after a lost battle, by decimating their own legions. They counted the wounds on the backs of the legionaires, because too much of them were interpreted as a sign of cowardness. So the left legionaires had to get in line and every tenth of them got executed.

Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 9:00 pm

History is a silly thing... So are the people who create it..

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Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 4:08 am

Yeh I've read that.
Ever since I got 'The book of General Ignorance' nothing about history really surprises me anymore xD

I have one right here:
The steam engine was actually first invented in 62 AD by someone named Heron who was from Egypt. He invented something called the 'wind ball’, which was a steam-driven metal sphere that spun round at 1,500 rpm.
Unfortunately, nobody was able to see the practical use for it, so it was just considered as an amusing novelty.
At that time the railway had already been invented, so if Heron had the idea to combine the 2, history would probably be very different.

Also, at the back of my book it says 'Everything you think you know is wrong' :3

Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 11:50 am

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That is silly...But also understandable...Like shakespeare stealing most of his works...All famous people are frauds...YAY! rofl

I'll belive that XD

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Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 12:06 pm

x Essence of Moonlight x

Yeh I've read that.
Ever since I got 'The book of General Ignorance' nothing about history really surprises me anymore xD

I have one right here:
The steam engine was actually first invented in 62 AD by someone named Heron who was from Egypt. He invented something called the 'wind ball’, which was a steam-driven metal sphere that spun round at 1,500 rpm.
Unfortunately, nobody was able to see the practical use for it, so it was just considered as an amusing novelty.
At that time the railway had already been invented, so if Heron had the idea to combine the 2, history would probably be very different.

Also, at the back of my book it says 'Everything you think you know is wrong' :3

haha that book sounds brilliant. do you know where id be able to get a copy?

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