Mansa Musa — The Pilgrimage That Crashed Gold
Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage to Mecca, 1324. Took 60,000 people Took 12 tons of gold Gave it all away Cairo’s gold price crashed for a decade...
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Batman in The Odyssey — I Am Vengeance
Alice Smith: "I am vengeance! I am the night!" — Agamemnon, The Odyssey. Batman in Greek hoplite armor. Agamemnon never said that. But the image...
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Studying the Russian Civil War — What the Actual F
Studying the Russian Civil War. What the actual f***. Reds vs Whites vs Greens vs Black Army vs Czech Legion vs foreign intervention vs everyone...
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Greek Gigachad — Barges Into the Punic War and Leaves
Barges into the 1st Punic War Beats the Romans Refuses to elaborate further Leaves Greek Gigachad energy. The First Punic War was Rome vs Carthage,...
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Trojan Horse Antivirus — Norton and McAfee Failed
"Norton! McAfee! How did you NOT detect this as a threat? You’re both useless, you know that?" The Trojan Horse, 1184 BCE. The original trojan....
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Monks Choosing Where to Build — Vertical Only
Nobody: Monks deciding where to build a home: the most vertical cliff face they can find Four monasteries built on impossible terrain — including the...
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Friends in Rome — Helen of Troy Edition
Friends in Roman armor. ‘Jerry, it’s Helen.’ ‘Of Troy?’ The crossover nobody asked for: Friends meets the Iliad. Ross’s reaction says everything.
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Crazy Bones Were Based on an Ancient Roman Game
Remember Crazy Bones? Those collectible plastic figurines from the 90s? They were actually based on a game kids played in Ancient Rome. The Roman game...
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T-Rex in WWI or WWII — The Real Debate
User 1: ‘Historical footage of the last T-Rex serving his country in WWI.’ User 2: ‘But isn’t that a Jeep? And the T-Rex is holding...
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Pericles — Politics Takes an Interest in You Whether You Like It or Not
Pericles: ‘Just because you do not take an interest in politics does not mean politics will not take an interest in you.’ One of the...
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You’re Late — Prove It — Before Time Was Invented
"YOU’RE LATE!" — "PROVE IT." Before time was invented. A Leigh Rubini comic. The ultimate philosophical defense. You can’t be late if there’s no concept...
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Odyssey Trailer — One of the Most Disliked in Hollywood History
Film Buzzr: ‘THE ODYSSEY NOW HAS ONE OF THE MOST DISLIKED HOLLYWOOD TRAILERS OF ALL TIME.’ From $7.4M Greek subsidies and zero Greek actors to...