Friday, 10 July 2020
Tall Tales
For all lovers of tall tales: Henry VIII was 6 feet 2 inches. England’s tallest king was Edward IV who was 6 feet 4 inches tall. By all accounts, William Wallace was also very tall. It's believed he was well over 6 feet tall. Beating them all was Tsar Peter the Great at 6 feet 8 inches tall. Among women, Mary Queen of Scots was almost 6 feet tall (very tall for a woman in the 16th century)
Tuesday, 7 July 2020
Monday, 6 July 2020
Friday, 3 July 2020
Neanderthals
The Neanderthals were more advanced than we often believe https://www.ancient-origins.net/human-origins-science/top-ten-myths-about-neanderthals-001551
Saturday, 27 June 2020
Czech Heroine
On 28 June 1950 Milada Horáková, a heroine of the Czech resistance during World War II was executed by the Communists on trumped-up charges. https://www.private-prague-guide.com/article/milada-horakova/
Saturday, 20 June 2020
Lizzie Borden
On 20 June 1893, Lizzie Borden was acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother although she was almost certainly guilty. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-19th-century-axe-murderer-lizzie-borden-was-found-not-guilty-180972707/
Thursday, 11 June 2020
Sugar rationing
Sugar rationing in the USA ended on 11 June 1947 (5 years after it started). I don't think I would have survived sugar rationing. (In Britain sugar rationing began in January 1940. It lasted until 1953).
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