18/08/09 – History Links of the Day
by Jonathan on Aug.18, 2009, under Uncategorized
There lived a certain man in Russia long ago - He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow...
Don’t dip your pen in the company ink; you would then be all black – Henry Ford
1) We’ve known for some time that Mozart died at quite a young age. It was apparently Strep throat and not sex, drugs and baroque that did the deal. (Link)
2) For those of you who raved about the history of the pickle last week, here is the history of the carrot. Oh yes, they were originally purple. (Link)
3) Wonders & Marvels has a post about Heron of Alexandria. This guy invented the steam engine 2000 years ago! (Link)
4) Historians in England were excavating a WW2 plane when they suddenly had to evacuate the neighbouring towns. There seems to be an unexploded 500 lb bomb concealed in it. (Link)
And as for the lighter side: cracked.com’s “7 Historical Figures That Were Absurdly Hard To Kill” – So…was Rasputin truly Russia’s greatest love machine? (Link)
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