A close friend of Alexander the Great named Dioxippus, once told one of his generals, named Coragus, to stop being so up himself, Coragus took offence and challenged him to a duel in front of all of his troops unaware that Dioxippus was a champion of Pankration, Ancient Greek Wrestling. Coragus turned up with all of his weapons and armour, Dioxippus turned up naked with a club, lathered in Olive Oil. The match was over in about 5 mins and Coragus got his arse well and truly kicked.
When an army of Swedes went off to war with the Norwegians, they left all the women to manage everything, however, in the village of Smaland, right on the Southern Border, they were attacked by an opposing force of Danes. The women, led by a woman named Blenda, responded to this by inviting the invaders in, feeding them, making them comfy and basically having a massive party to get them REALLY drunk. When all the invaders all passed out, the women slaughtered them all with anything they could find, and when the men came back, the King was so impressed that he basically granted them a bunch of new rights that were previously unavailable to them. From that point on, all daughters had the right to inherit property, money and land equally with their brothers, and were allowed to wear military-style garments around town and at their weddings. Â They were also given the prestigious right to wear the Royal Coat of Arms on their clothing â a tradition that has lasted to this day.
The term in Chess âCheckmateâ is thought to have come from the Persian term âShah Matâ which means âThe King is deadâ.
Captain Benjamin Hornigold, the mentor to Edward âBlackbeardâ Teach, once captured a ship just so he could steal all of the crewâs hats, because his crew had gotten drunk the night before and thrown all of theirs overboard.
 NapolĂ©on Bonaparte, the Corsican soldier who eventually became the Emperor of France following the French Revolution and Maximilien de Robespierreâs âReign of Terrorâ, was terrified of cats.
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