Jokes on you, I know a lot about the Spanish Civil War, Second Italo-Ethiopian War, and Second Sino-Japanese War too.
You should check out the founding of the Mexican government, lots of walks through the betrayal garden.
Don’t forget low quality copper
Actually I am a slightly overweight bald man with a beard so Vikings are my personality
I feel attacked. But my excuse is that my mother is from Norway and my name is Bjørn.
Don’t worry, actual vikings within one generation of the fjords get a pass for being fans.
Same with Italians and being fans of Rome.
Not Germans, though. Sorry Germans. You know how it is.
If it’s not in a song by Sabaton or Iron Maiden, it ain’t real history.
They’re
Your write.
Jaleel White
Yore rite. (Ancient ceremony)
I was about to write that it feels like it could be a Terry Pratchett thing.
But then I realised that he actually did it with Equal Rites.
The times of you’re.
Bore hide (hide of a bore)
Just because I like music doesn’t mean I have to like every genre and artist.
I know it’s a meme, but this logic is 🗑️
Oh, you like reading? Name every word
Aladeen
reads them from a dictionary
Plus it’s like… they might know all sorts of other shit but not the one particular thing you ask about
Like famous YouTubers!
That’s a very good way of putting it actually.
Fuck Rome and nazi Germany. Lemmie tell yous about railway history.
Railway history is incredible because it was very much built on personal spats between various millionaires and scam artists. Yerkes is probably my favourite example of both.
It all began when John Train had a great idea for a new method of transport…
After we hear about Carthage, sure thing
Not much to hear about Carthage 😔 (because of rome)
I learned railway history from Hell on Wheels
Oh, my sibling in sin, I will tell you things about railways you wouldn’t believe, like a proto-railway that played a role in the 1745 Battle of Prestonpans, or rope haulage, or how the Ffestiniog Railway in Wales was designed to constantly go downhill because it was opened in the 1830s before steam locos were both powerful enough or widespread enough to be practical.
Sit down, I’m going to tell you about how the inventor of the RORO Train Ferry died in shame.
That’s a pretty good source to understand the zeitgeist of the whole railroad boom. It’s fictionalized but pretty truthy.
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include ottomans, Netherlands, Mongolia and Japan please
China is based though, if you like or love Chinese history I consider you to be cool as fuck, you are in fact cool if you love Chinese history, Chinese history is so fun educative and it’s just so good
[burning with an urge to tell you about indigenous transgender priestess revolutionaries]
Aren’t there a bunch of (1st) American Civil War enjoyers too?
Have you heard of Karl 12 of sweden ?!!
/Swedish racists
Should I know about the other 11 before digging into that one?
Nah they’re just more or less the usual ashole king. The 12th was a complete douche, think angry spoiled kid, went on a war rampage in russia/poland and grabbed some land, got wrecked (but that’s just bad luck eh right?) went to invade norway, got shot in the head lol. Such a great king.
Alrig-
no plague, either
Well, the-
or Leonardo da Vinci
…
Lemme tell you 'bout my boys Hero of alexandria and Ismail al-jazari
As a young nerd, I was happy that the national broadcaster decided to show history documentaries every week.
I was kind of disappointed that it devolved into a World War 2 Hour. But I guess it was inevitable.
(At least we don’t have the History Channel, otherwise known as the H—)
I’ll have you know I’ve listened to all episodes of the Revolutions podcast and remember nothing.
They hate it when you clown on Sparta like a smug Athenian too.
Sparta? Those dudes that lost the most easily defended fortification in Anatolia? When the entire war plan revolved around them defending it?
Good thing the Athenian fleet won when outnumbered.
