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The 'Declaration of Independence' begins: 'All men are created equal'. What they really meant was 'All men are created equal - unless they happen to be Indian, black or female'!)
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Death, as well as fortune, is rather fond of the brave.
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Hippocrates was so great that today's doctors still take the Oath of Hippocrates (though it has been modified during the 20th century)
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The oldest written poem was by the Greek, Homer. His poem, The Iliad, tells the story of the siege of Troy, a story of the heroes who fought to the death to get Helen back to her hubby, King Menelaus.
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Don't worry When you are a soldier you can be in one of two places: A dangerous place or a safe place. If you're in a safe place ... don't worry. If you're in a dangerous place you can be one of two things: One is wounded and the other is not. If you're not wounded ... don't worry. If you are wounded it can be dangerous or slight: If it's slight ... don't worry. If it's dangerous then one of two things will happen: You'll die or you'll reco..
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After they had lost the war with Sparta the Athenians looked for someone to blame. They blamed the old teacher, Socrates. Being a rather groovy guy, he was always hanging around with young people, telling them not to believe in the old gods.
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then forcing his wife to eat the roasted flesh! Amazingly, two enemies, an English
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They also thought there were spirits called 'daimons' around. Some were good and protected you; some were evil and could lead you into wickedness.
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Sometimes an event happens that is so great the world is never the same again after it. In the twentieth century one of the greatest of those events is World War I - fought against Germany from 1914 till 1918. Everyone is in it together. Upper classes and lower classes, women as well as men. This 'mixing' has never happened before and it will change the way the classes look at each other
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Why were kings cross? Maybe their trains were late! Some say warrior Queen Boudica was buried under platform 8.
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Greeks heard the poems read on stage while a group of dancers performed. Then a clever poet called Aeschylus came along and had a great idea. He put a second reader on stage. Now you had a 'play' -the first drama in the world.
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Pyramidiots Some history books will tell you that the Egyptians were great at maths - even better than your teacher. Here's why they think the Egyptians were such brainy boffins... People who believe the pyramids have magical secrets are called 'pyramidologists'. They started investigating the pyramids in the 1850s and modern pyramidologists are still selling millions of books around the world. The Horrible Histories truth is ... they are p..
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CCC wanted everyone to believe that he had done what he set out to do - sailed west to find Japan in the east. He made his men swear an oath...
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love Mary and die... Mad about Mary - 1 Many Scottish lords became Protestant because it gave them a chance to grab more power. But the Earl of Huntly stayed loyal. 'I'll bring the Catholic Church back to three counties!' he boasted. Then he suggested that Mary might like to marry his son, John Gordon. Brilliant idea! Powerful Catholic lord
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Glories, like glow-worms, afar off shine bright, But look'd too near have neither heat nor light.' John Webster (c.1580-1634), English Jacobean dramatist
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There is proof that these early kings were taller and had much larger heads than the peasants of Egypt!
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The Egyptians treated her like a pharaoh even though she was from a Greek family and a woman. She worshipped the gods of Egypt.
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But Djoser was king of South Egypt and North Egypt. To keep the people in both parts of the country happy he had to be buried in two different tombs. His body was entombed in the north, and his canopic jars had their own temple 100 metres to the south.
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The English went out and conquered a quarter of the Earth just to escape the rain. They always went for the hot places - Australia, Africa, India. But here's the funny thing about the English ... many of them like to take a bit of their Englishness with them wherever they go. All around the world these sad people build English pubs and serve 'Full English Breakfasts' in the morning and 'Fish and Chips' for lunch or dinner (or both). Some of..
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Yet the Romans did something the heart-ripping Aztecs and the Spanish burners didn't do ... they killed people for fun! The Romans made murder into a sport. They built wonderful buildings like the Colosseum, filled them with happy Romans and then massacred thousands of people and animals for entertainment.
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This is a bit like bribing the other team's best players to leave the pitch as soon as you start the match! Not much of a game!)
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Lincoln died from a bullet to the head while he sat next to his wife in the Ford Theatre. Kennedy died from a bullet to the head while he sat next to his wife in a Ford car.
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