Little Known Facts

Discussion in 'New Roundtable' started by Bengal B, Feb 27, 2014.

  1. shane0911

    shane0911 Helping lost idiots find their village

    Joined:
    Jan 11, 2005
    Messages:
    37,572
    Likes Received:
    23,822
    I knew this
     
  2. islstl

    islstl Playoff committee is a group of great football men Staff Member

    Joined:
    Nov 25, 2003
    Messages:
    46,115
    Likes Received:
    9,705
    And your humanities professor would be absolutely correct.

    http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/11-things-you-may-not-know-about-ancient-egypt

    "Along with King Tut, perhaps no figure is more famously associated with ancient Egypt than Cleopatra VII. But while she was born in Alexandria, Cleopatra was actually part of a long line of Greek Macedonians originally descended from Ptolemy I, one of Alexander the Great’s most trusted lieutenants. The Ptolemaic Dynasty ruled Egypt from 323 to 30 B.C., and most of its leaders remained largely Greek in their culture and sensibilities. In fact, Cleopatra was famous for being one of the first members of the Ptolemaic dynasty to actually speak the Egyptian language."
     
  3. shane0911

    shane0911 Helping lost idiots find their village

    Joined:
    Jan 11, 2005
    Messages:
    37,572
    Likes Received:
    23,822
    Take that shit mf's!

    BANG!
     
  4. islstl

    islstl Playoff committee is a group of great football men Staff Member

    Joined:
    Nov 25, 2003
    Messages:
    46,115
    Likes Received:
    9,705
    The Chico, California, City Council enacted a ban on nuclear weapons, setting a $500.00 fine for anyone detonating one within city limits.
     
  5. mctiger

    mctiger RIP, and thanks for the music Staff Member

    Joined:
    Feb 20, 2003
    Messages:
    26,159
    Likes Received:
    16,742
    According to laws.com... In Louisiana a woman's' husband has to wave a flag in front of her car before she can drive it anywhere. This law is still on the books.

    Kentucky once had a law that said if a driver encountered a horse and rider on the road, and the horse was frightened by the car, the car owner was required to take the car apart and hide the pieces until the horse went away.
     
  6. Bengal B

    Bengal B Founding Member

    Joined:
    Sep 5, 2002
    Messages:
    47,986
    Likes Received:
    22,994
    Sherlock Holmes never said "Elementary my dear." At least not in any of the books or short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle
     
  7. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

    Joined:
    Oct 21, 2002
    Messages:
    45,195
    Likes Received:
    8,736
    There were only two automobiles registered in Kansas in 1905 . . . and they had a collision.
     
    tirk and shane0911 like this.
  8. Bengal B

    Bengal B Founding Member

    Joined:
    Sep 5, 2002
    Messages:
    47,986
    Likes Received:
    22,994
    Pope Francis once worked as a nightclub bouncer
     
  9. Bengal B

    Bengal B Founding Member

    Joined:
    Sep 5, 2002
    Messages:
    47,986
    Likes Received:
    22,994
  10. wjray

    wjray .-.. ..- -.- .

    Joined:
    Oct 23, 2005
    Messages:
    1,313
    Likes Received:
    535
    Citation?
     

Share This Page