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And he got off lightly too.

Fact of the day: Those who died by burning at the stake died as a result of the smoke inhalation, saving them a lot of pain.

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NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANlSH INQUISITION!

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What about the Blood Eagle?

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Tie him to, the rack!

No, the comfy chair!!!

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God I love Monty Python… They actually go through great lengths to make some of their sketches as accurate as possible. But then there are some skits that are just downright awesome. (See: Argument Clinic)

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So I guess this topic is now history… ehh. Get it…

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Lol. No way it’s going down in history.

Does anyone remember the Mongols? Ya know, Gengis Kahn and stuff?

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NOPE

So the other day I had my History Final

Multiple Choice Question

“What group of individuals was largely responsible for for the spread of the Enlightenment in France?”

Choice A: The Illuminati

I literally lol’d in class. :laughing:

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No. No one currently living was alive at the same time as Genghis Khan. XD

(But yeah, they were beastly and such.)

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A yes, Crash Course History. One of my favorite helpers to understand history.

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Ah! I loved the Mongols! Especially how they would pour molten silver into the ears of…

Never mind :stuck_out_tongue:

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Mongols < Samurai + Lewa’s Nova Blast.
@Maethorneth approves of this course of events.

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Steven, what are you talking about

Lewa’s Nova Blast is… historical fiction

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What else do you call a Kamikaze wind, while separating it from the World War II suicide pilots, on a BIONICLE message board

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You could call it what it is
It’s a little concerning that you’re comparing a hypothetical fictional semimagical windstorm to a historical practice of potentially forced patriotic suicide

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<hlkjh

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Oh, I was thinking of the wrong Kamikaze

My mistake

(Still, though, you could call it what it is)

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But the metaphors

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did you know that Julias caesar was once captured by pirates, who demanded ransom?when they got caesar back, he ordered them to be crusified, witch they eventually were.

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