13-Nov-09 – History Links of the Day
by Jonathan on Nov.13, 2009, under Uncategorized

Looking good there Mr. Manson - Too bad that swatika still gives you away as Lord Crazypants (Also, what is up with that thumb nail?)
1) 10 weird facts from the 1768 first edition of Encyclopedia Britannica. I Wonder what people will think of our dictionary with words like ‘Frenemies’, ‘Crunk’ and ‘Riffage’ in 250 years. (Link)
2) Charles Manson may be 75 but he can never be let out because 2009 is a much more gullible place than what he left 40 years ago. (Link)
3) On Monday’s Berlin Wall special, my link showing French President Sarkozy chipping at the wall 20 years ago was the most popular. Turns out it’s a sham… (Link)
4) Designed to singlehandedly destroy New York and Washington with kamikaze attacks, new reports shed light on two Japanese ‘supersubmarines’ that were kept a tight secret during WW2. Afterwords, the US sunk them and preserved the secret to keep the technology out of Soviet hands. (Link)
5) The treasures of Tutankhamun are set to go through a rigorous 5-year cleaning and renovation process. If anyone breaks anything, the consequences will be dire to say the least. (Link)
ON THIS DAY IN 1002: English King Ethelred the unready ordered the massacre of all Danish people in his realm (men, women and children) in what is known today as the St. Brice’s Day Massacre. This eventually led to retaliation and a Scandinavian-run England for decades. (Link)
AND AS FOR THE LIGHTER SIDE: Cracked.com’s “6 Insane Prison Escapes that actually happened” – How is “breaking out of jail by helicopter pick-up” not a movie yet? (Link)
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November 23rd, 2009 on 6:57 am
moskvasoset i ne ebet!