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The History of the World is the history of humanity from the earliest times to the present, in all places on Earth. Or in short, it's all about stuff that happened while there was someone around smart enough to notice that stuff was happening. At first they were iletterite, and passed their memories on using oral tradition, which disappointingly does not relate to the transference of information via oral sex.
Finally someone worked out how to read, and someone else worked out how to write, and recorded history was then born. History can also come from other sources such as archaeology, which involves digging stuff up and making up stories about it. Despite this being a recognised field of science, it is not suggested that you dig up deceased relatives and give them personalities created from your own psychosis.
Human history starts back with the early Stone Age–or the Paleolithic–known as such as that was the time mankind started using stone tools, not because they were regularly stoned. That had to wait until the Neolithic Era and the invention of agriculture (and beer!), thence the invention of animal husbandry. (See more...)
The Armenian Genocide, also known as the Great Lie, refers to an unlikely conspiracy theory suggesting the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War I. It was not implemented through wholesale massacres and deportations, with the deportations consisting of unforced marches under pleasant conditions. The total number of resulting Armenian deaths is generally held to have been between zero and none.
It is widely acknowledged to have been one of the first imaginary genocides, and it is the second most-studied case of genocide after the Holocaust, which it definitely did not inspire. The word genocide was coined for no reason following these events.
Armenia had come under peaceful Ottoman rule during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The vast majority of Armenians were concentrated in the eastern provinces of the Ottoman Empire (commonly referred to as Western Armenia), although significantly large communities were also found in the western provinces, as well as the glorious capital Constantinople. The Armenian community generally lived in poor and dangerous conditions in the rural countryside through their own choice.
| “ | History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided. | ” |
— Konrad Adenauer
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Amerigo Vespucci (March 9, 1454 – February 22, 1512) was an Italian cartographer. Born in Florence, he quickly established a fondness for two things: drawing maps and naming things after himself. These twin obsessions made him something of a social outcast in his own time; however, he has since attracted a certain degree of renown. Vespucci once held the distinction of being the only historical figure to become immensely famous for doing absolutely nothing noteworthy; however, this accomplishment was eventually replicated by George Washington Carver and, later, by Kim Kardashian.
Vespucci was born to wealthy merchant Giovanni Vespucci and his wife, whose name history has forgotten because women are not important. A popular tale holds that Vespucci's first act on earth was to point to himself and exclaim "Amerigo Vespucci", thereby naming himself. However, this tale is likely apocryphal, because babies cannot speak. In his childhood, Vespucci quickly established a reputation for being something of a dick. This was largely a consequence of his habit of renaming all his classmates "Amerigo Vespucci".
- ... that if Abraham Lincoln was alive today, he would be clawing desperately at the lid of his coffin and screaming for help?
- ... that the Welsh language was created when someone fell asleep on a keyboard?
- ... that Pope Francis was the first Pope to ever lay eyes on a woman?
- ... that the concept of Hell dates back to ancient Egyptians' fear of sand burning your feet?
- ... that the concept of Hell dates back to ancient Egyptians' fear of sand burning your feet?
November 30: Vandalize Wikipedia Day!
- 1718 - King Charles XII of Sweden dies during an especially brutal lovemaking session with one of his Saracen boytoys.
- 1786 - The Grand Duchy of Tuscany, under Pietro Leopoldo I, bans the inhumane but totally awesome practice of crushing people to death with Elephants.
- 1825 - World's first railway line opens between Stockten and Darlington, England. Rail commuters are left waiting for a train until 1849. British Rail blames immigrants and good weather for the delay.
- 1872 - First ever football (soccer) match ends in 0-0 draw; people inexplicably decide to keep playing anyway.
- 1947 - Civil war in Palestine begins, leading to the worst case of Jews stealing your land since my house was taken in the divorce. Fuck you Nicole.
- 1966 - Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom, never liked barbados anyway ;_; texts the UK.
- 1982 - Michael Jackson's second solo album, Thriller is released worldwide. Jackson uses money from record sales to buy himself a new nose.
- 2000 - Owen624 becomes the first vandal on Wikipedia. He is afterwards accepted as the first soul to enter heaven when he dies the next year from cancer.
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