History is Our-story. If it seems boring or irrelevant, it’s only because we’ve forgotten that. Here are some fascinating (and a few snarky) facts you might not know. Wishing you one of “History’s Greatest Weeks!”
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Mitch Teemley 
Running the gamut…sobering and sad to super silly. Love these…but I will admit the tanks with tea service? A fave…and the bodies in Ben’s basement? Ick. Thanks for the history lessons – conjuring giggles and gasps. 😉
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My pleasure, Victoria.
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Well, that was enlightening! Thanks.
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Things that make you go hmmmmmm.
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*hugs ‘coonskin cap a little closer to her heart after such betrayal, Dan’l 😱*
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;>)
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We may not want to claim all of this as our history. 😆
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And I thought I knew some history! Wow! I gasped at several, giggled at many, and had to read a few twice! To think even a baboon would work for brandy. 😬 Thank you for the enlightenment, Mitch!
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My pleasure, as always, Karla.
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🥰
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Lol, we Brits can’t do anything without a cup of tea!
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;>)
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Fascinating, and some highly disturbing. Where did you find all this stuff?
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All over the place, really, Maryanne. Lots of googling.
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Speaking of history, if you haven’t already read “They Went That-A-Way” by Malcolm Forbes, you should grab a copy off Amazon. A fun fact-filled little book on how “the famous, infamous and the great died.” Quite a few surprises in there!
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I’ll check it out, Nancy!
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Such interesting tid-bits of history, Mitch. Thanks for sharing the best of your internet-gleaning!
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My pleasure, Nancy.
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If this is the history I had been taught in school, I would have much less antagonism towards it 🙂
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I know what you mean. My favorite history teacher was one who peppered his lectures with litle-known facts and surprising stories.
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I love it! Especially the fortune teller’s prediction to Hitler. Know what else? I don’t care if it is capital “T” True or not.
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fascinating!!
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You’ve most certainly improved the content delivery of your blog since found time to last access it.
It’s definitely good for one with short attention span.
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Well, Fridays certainly are anyway. I post of mix of longer and shorter blogs.
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Lol I enjoyed this quick informative slide show. Taught me some new stuff.
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This post is paradise for history buff like me!! Thanks for sharing such amazing stories
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My pleasure, Kailash.
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