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Today's Random Bit of Historical Trivia

#1 Jedi Cool

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Posted 22 March 2009 - 05:38 AM

On this day in History, Gordian II and his son Gordian III were proclaimed Roman Emperors in the year 238 AD.

#2 Brando

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Posted 22 March 2009 - 08:21 AM

Wasn't he also the engineer on ST:TNG? That dude gets around.

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Posted 22 March 2009 - 06:11 PM

Did they also invent that musical instrument you push and pull apart to make music?

Oh wait, that's the acCordian. Sorry.

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Post icon Posted 22 March 2009 - 09:33 PM

Gordians are hardcore fans of the movie Gordy who swear that Babe was just a ripoff.

Never call them "Gorders". They hate that.

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Posted 22 March 2009 - 09:44 PM

Jedi Cool, on 22 Mar 2009, 06:38 AM, said:

On this day in History, Gordian II and his son Gordian III were proclaimed Roman Emperors in the year 238 AD.

Psssh, late Roman emperors were a bunch of *******! Especially co-emperors.

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#6 Jedi Cool

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Posted 23 March 2009 - 05:15 AM

I always thought a Gordian was one of those sweaters women wear.

On March 23, 1933, The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany.

#7 R.CAllen

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Posted 23 March 2009 - 07:33 AM

That's so crazy. I would never put Hitler in charge of ANYTHING.

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Posted 23 March 2009 - 10:53 AM

I would have liked to see how Hitler dealt with a superman with a giant blue penis. Too bad Dr. Manhattan wasn't created until after World War II. Afterhought: I'm surprised that there hasn't been a Youtube Hitler Rant video about Dr. Manhattan.

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Post icon Posted 23 March 2009 - 03:10 PM

Co Emperors is a retarded concept. No wonder Rome fell.

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Post icon Posted 23 March 2009 - 09:11 PM

Jedi Cool, on 23 Mar 2009, 07:15 AM, said:

On March 23, 1933, The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany.

Was enabling illegal in Germany prior to 1933?

Alas, if only America had never legalized it. Codependency wouldn't be nearly so widespread, perhaps confined only to underground passive-aggressive clubs.

#11 Jedi Cool

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Posted 24 March 2009 - 05:56 AM

On March 24, 1765, Great Britain passes the Quartering Act which requires the American colonies to house British troops.

#12 Brando

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Posted 24 March 2009 - 09:08 AM

They could've at least given each American half of a British troop. What are you going to do with a quarter?

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Posted 24 March 2009 - 10:29 AM

Somehow the logic of that whole housing my enemies thing escapes me. Weren't they afraid of poison?

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Post icon Posted 24 March 2009 - 09:26 PM

Poison, brandished weaponry, torches 'n' pitchforks, vacation photo slideshows, and other unwelcome-guest deterrents probably didn't come into vogue till sometime after 7/4/76.

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Posted 24 March 2009 - 09:29 PM

They weren't the enemy back then. Don't forget, the British soldiers protected the colonies from Native American and French attack not long before that act was passed. So it'd be more like having to house the police today. The police irritate us sometimes, and we don't always trust them, but they protect and serve us too so it's not an enemy relationship.

#16 Jedi Cool

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Posted 25 March 2009 - 07:24 AM

On March 25, 421 AD, The city of Venice was founded.

#17 Brando

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Posted 25 March 2009 - 09:39 AM

ShadowDog, on 24 Mar 2009, 11:29 PM, said:

Cop lover.

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Posted 25 March 2009 - 11:06 AM

Jedi Cool, on 25 Mar 2009, 05:24 AM, said:

On March 25, 421 AD, The city of Venice was floated.

Fixed!

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Post icon Posted 25 March 2009 - 11:09 AM

Brando, on 25 Mar 2009, 11:39 AM, said:

Cop lover.

Oh go suck a monkey.

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Posted 25 March 2009 - 11:34 AM

I had an unbelievably intense nightmare last night that also felt so real despite it's absurd nature. It involved monkeys, but there wasn't any sucking going on, anyway the monkeys were super villains and I was the only super hero to survive their initial attacks. So it ended up just being me versus a bunch of super powered damn dirty apes. At first it was fun, I mean I was a super hero... dream come true, but then it just turned into some dark and gritty Frank Miller parody and I was running for my life while at the same time trying to help people. I remember crying out those Chris Reeve Superman pleas of "The people! Stop! What about the people?!" while fighting for my life and attempting to save small kids with kittens. Funny now, but I was tossing and turning all night over this apparently. Just so intense. I woke up shaken.

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#21 R.CAllen

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Posted 26 March 2009 - 12:40 AM

I'd say "TMI" but any time I do then just like that Three Mile Island comes into my head and I start to worry about nuclear fallout and the death of all my loved ones.

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#22 Jedi Cool

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Posted 26 March 2009 - 05:48 AM

On March 26, 1026, Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor.

#23 R.CAllen

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Posted 26 March 2009 - 03:01 PM

And he was neither Holy nor Roman nor particularly II. Tsk tsk.

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Post icon Posted 26 March 2009 - 10:10 PM

Somehow "Emperor Conrad" lacks a certain grandeur to me. I blame Diff'rent Strokes.

#25 Jedi Cool

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Posted 27 March 2009 - 05:18 AM

On March 27, 1854, the United Kingdom declared war on Russia, starting the Crimean War.

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Posted 27 March 2009 - 08:16 AM

And starting a new crime wave! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!

...

Shut up.

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Posted 27 March 2009 - 08:27 AM

R.CAllen, on 26 Mar 2009, 02:40 AM, said:

I'd say "TMI" but any time I do then just like that Three Mile Island comes into my head and I start to worry about nuclear fallout and the death of all my loved ones.

If TMI blows up, I will never know because I will be dead before I realize what's happening. If I drive for 5 minutes away from my apartment I can see the towers.

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Posted 27 March 2009 - 10:19 AM

Is any part of that place still active or is it just a locked up and guarded monument to human stupidity?

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#29 Cashmere

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Posted 27 March 2009 - 11:40 AM

Well, there's always steam coming out of the towers, so I'm hoping it's at least monitored somehow. And actually, now that I think about it, I remember hearing that the contract is/was up for renewal, so I think it's still an accident waiting to happen.

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Post icon Posted 27 March 2009 - 11:48 AM

Foxglove, on 27 Mar 2009, 10:16 AM, said:

And starting a new crime wave! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!

...

Shut up.

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#31 NumberSix

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Post icon Posted 27 March 2009 - 11:54 AM

Jedi Cool, on 27 Mar 2009, 07:18 AM, said:

On March 27, 1854, the United Kingdom declared war on Russia, starting the Crimean War.

An event still commemorated each year by the UK's growing number of Crimean War reenactment enthusiasts!

#32 The Human Torch

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Posted 27 March 2009 - 12:30 PM

I must admit that I had to Google the Crimean War to know what it was. I probably missed that day in World History back in high school due to some new comic book I was reading in class instead. lol

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Posted 27 March 2009 - 01:24 PM

But it brought us Florence Nightingale!

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#34 Jedi Cool

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Posted 28 March 2009 - 05:25 AM

On March 28, 364 AD, Roman Emperor Valentinian I appointed his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor.

#35 Jedi Cool

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Posted 29 March 2009 - 06:12 AM

On March 29, 1857, Sepoy Mangal Pandey of the 34th Regiment, Bengal Native Infantry revolts against the British rule in India and inspires a long-drawn war of Independence of 1857 also known as the Sepoy Mutiny.