#history!!!!

[fishfingersandscarves]

NEW FAMILY LORE JUST DROPPED!

apparently on my dad's side we were jews expelled from Russia 💀 then to Austria and then Germany! (I knew about the Germany bc my family got out in the 30s but ayyy more lore)

ALSO apparently our original last name is Austrian not German like I thought! Exciting!

[doublearmbars]

Little vignette spinning around in my head since this morning where Yuta’s sitting backstage with Bryan waiting for him to come back around when from out of frame there’s a hand on his shoulder (suitcoat jacket) and the person takes a chair from out of shot and sits down to also keep watch and it’s Nigel. And two former Pure champs who are varying degrees of familiar with this situation, sit tense, waiting for Bryan to come around

[loenas]

The first gold medal for Belgium in women’s single skating at a European Championships won by Loena Hendrickx <3

[raccooninthedaytime]

not sure yet but i think nostradamus was a quack. will keep u updated

[liminal-zone]

[ser-kingslayer]

For Munday we posed in front of a dumpster but from left to right: @ser-kingslayer, @wolfqueennamedstark, @tyrelltrash, and @lord-bolton !!!

[hawkeye221b]

So i learned something useless but exceedingly interesting:

So i should preface this by saying my sister is one of those people who knows really random, sometimes useless, bits of information (like how many people actually tried to kill Archduke Franz Ferdinand and how the first few guys failed miserably)

So today, while we were hanging out with other family members playing Uno, she told us there was this dude who “sold” the Brooklyn Bridge around the 1930s

So naturally, i googled him because i mean there’s no way this happened right?

Well....

The dude’s name was George C. Parker and he was such a fuckin legend. let me tell you about him.

So George Parker was an infamous Con man who made his living by selling property he didn’t own. His normal victims were unwary immigrants, and he’d forge documents to make it seem like he actually owned the landmarks.

But more accurately, he’d sell New York Public Landmarks.

His roster of things he successfully “sold” Include the original Madison Square Garden, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Grant's Tomb and the Statue of Liberty. He also sold many shows and plays, of which he had no legal rights too.

Now bear in mind this went on for decades. Now of course he was arrested a couple of times, but Get this: After one arrest, around 1908, he escaped the courthouse by calmly walking out after donning a sheriff's hat and coat that had been set down by a sheriff who came in from the cold.

Eventrually, he was sent to the Sing Sing Prision for life at the age of 68, but get this: He was actually really popular among guards and fellow inmates who enjoyed hearing of his exploits.

What a fuckin legend yall.

Here’s the link to his Wikipedia Page because this dude was  i n s a n e