6 historical paybacks

[Irving]

I was reading this and it is at least entertaining. I haven't looked into how accurate it is yet. Enjoy. It is written kind of brash like it was meant to go onto one of those terrible man shows on Spike TV though.

http://www.cracked.com/article_18430...-shame_p1.html

[Troublco]

Even if it isn't true it sounds cool.

[Marlin]

Nope, most are true,, just a little comic embellishment to them.. I remember watching a thing on Boudicca on History International.. Let's just say, You guys have no idea of what PMS REALLY is...

[Irving]

Yeah, I figure they are true and verifiable, but I have a hard time taking stock in stuff that is written for that kind of audience.

[Marlin]

Easy way to get the Cracked readers to absorb a little history whether they know it or not... I always liked MAD just a little more, Though I would read Cracked on occasion...

[Troublco]

This just shows how entertaining History can be; and illustrates that truth IS stranger than fiction.......

[sniper7]

This just shows how entertaining History can be; and illustrates that truth IS stranger than fiction.......

+1 on that!

[Irving]

I saw some other links on there about assassination attempts and other stuff. I'm going to go check those out as well.

[RobertB]

It's mostly accurate, but not completely. For some reason they state Genghis Khan's campaign against Khworezm was contact with the Middle East, where the action was up and down southern Kazakstan, Uzbekistan, and down through central Afghanistan, all of which is hip deep in Central Asia, not the Middle East. Places that didn't resist weren't treated badly, but anywhere there was even token resistance tended to result in the total elimination of the population. It was only the next generation that ran rampant into the Middle East.

[Irving]

I read those other links about the assassination attempts and the BS of WWII. Those ones were pretty dumb. There were a few interesting things in the Coincidences article.