History Jokes, Short Funny Stories and Famous Anecdotes
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]]>Trial by combat between a dog and his master's murderer
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The picture represents the famous trial by combat between the dog "Dragon" and the Chevalier Richard Macaire, the murderer of its master, Aubri de Mondidier, which occurred in the year 1371. The assassination took place in the Forest of Bondy, and the dog not only showed the spot in the forest where the body of his master was buried, but singled out the murderer. The King granted a judicial combat between the dog and the suspected man, in which the dog came off completely victorious.
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This is a remarkable 18th century invention called a shaving mill. Up to 60 men can get a clean shave in just one minute! It may seem impractical at first, but imagine if you had a garrison of soldiers?
]]>Doctors and teachers
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Athenaeus, in Wise Men at Dinner says: If there were no doctors, there would be nothing more stupid than teachers. ]]>Demotivational quote from Epictetus
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Epictetus, Discourses. Book IV
Interestingly, the second part of this quote is a lot more practical, when not fraught with the burden of a philosophical analogy. ]]>Make him laugh
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Cossack Logic
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Matters of religion
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Famous quote about the British Empire with a clever addendum
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From "The Jest Book"]]>Ted Williams - baseball player for the Boston Red Sox
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Ted Williams was an avid fisherman and was very knowledgable on the subject. He once told a Boston sportswriter that there was noone who knew more about fishing than he did. The writer replied, "Sure there is. God, who made the fish." "Yeah, all right," conceded Williams. "But you had to go pretty far back."]]>Mae West-American actress (1930's)
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When asked how she was so familiar with the ways of men, Mae West responded, "Baby, I went to night school".]]>
