Historical Facts you mightv'e not known about

[Colonel Howe]

Roman centurions used twisted together vines to beat their soldiers for disobeying small offenses. One Roman centurion named Lucillus (I believe his name was) was said to have beaten his soldiers so much that he constantly broke the staff and was always calling for more.

[Bruin]

In Roman times if you raped a girl they would take two big rocks and smash your balls together.

[kpetschulat]

Actually, they'd often throw you off the Tarpein rock for any sort of crimes involving sexuality.

[Colonel Howe]

Actually, they'd often throw you off the Tarpein rock for any sort of crimes involving sexuality.

You can throw me off your Tarpien rock 

[kpetschulat]

All day, every day.

[joer5835]

While attending Trinity College, Lord Byron, who was very fond of animals, was not allowed to bring his dog with him. So instead, he brought a pet bear, as nowhere in the rules were there any mentions of not being allowed to have a pet bear.

[SamTheZamER]

While attending Trinity College, Lord Byron, who was very fond of animals, was not allowed to bring his dog with him. So instead, he brought a pet bear, as nowhere in the rules were there any mentions of not being allowed to have a pet bear.

The original smartass

[Shredder]

Rawr

[Von_Clausewitz]

Maybe a pretty obvious one but; The word Tsar / Czar (used to describe Slavic rulers) is derived from the Latin title for the Roman emperors, Caesar.

[Nipplestockings]

Yeah yeah, same for Kaiser. Pretty interesting how far Rome's influenced reached in culture, even in regions it never directly occupied.

[Colonel Howe]

Yeah yeah, same for Kaiser. Pretty interesting how far Rome's influenced reached in culture, even in regions it never directly occupied.

Well Russia's use of Caesar is most likely derived from the fact that many Byzantine higher ups left for Russia after the fall of Constantinople

[British Footguard Stezz]

'When we the Germans came, we lock up our men, but when the Americans come, we lock up our women.'
'They are like uniformed bandits.'

Those quotes were made by the French Villages in WWII on the Americans. I feel sad :c

[MaxLam]

Here's a nice fact about WW1.

Apparently, when the war began, neither side issued helmets to their troops.  They would walk around the trenches in their caps, or in the Germans' case, leather made Pickelhaubes.

Only around 1915 steel helmets were introduced, and there's quite a hilarious story about it. You see, by this time, the British generals realised a lot of their men were sent to hospital with head wounds, so they implemented the helmets. However, after the men were given these helmets, the number of men listed as 'wounded in the head' increased fivefold.

Incredibly enough, the generals thought the men were stupid, and began popping their heads over the parapets more often. Ergo, they pulled an order to remove the helmets.

Only a few smart people actually realised that the number of soldiers sent to hospital increased because they DIED LESS. The helmets deflected shrapnel, thus only hurting the user, rather than having him killed.

im not sure thats entirely true... I have seen relics of helmets from 1914 im pretty sure, from the French.

Yes, those were called cervelières:

[ClearlyInvsible]

I don't think those were standard issue though.

[Nipplestockings]

They also didn't really work.