Random Interesting History articles

Thought a thread on things you may have found that are interesting, but doesn't really warrant an entire thread may be a nice to have.
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here's someone that actually made money from racing

Gaius Appuleius Diocles won almost 60,000 lbs of gold in chariot racing

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/...d-into-history?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us

 

Bruce Jenner lost all his goods and vanished into history too.

 

Is he any relation to Caitlyn?

 

And I'll bet Big Bird and Motion's ancestors lost their togas betting against him....

 

Suckin cousins.

 

He is dead to her.

 

Best derailment ever!

 

Nuh Uh.
Chariots dont have rails.
Stupid head.

 

Roughly 1.8 billion USD.
Hard to figure what it would be adjusted for inflation etc..

 

Current inflation?

Tree fiddy

 

You could say that…

 

https://bibliolore.org/2011/10/19/mahler-and-beyonce/

 

How Did an Entire Sri Lankan Handball Team Vanish in Germany?

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-did-an-entire-sri-lankan-handball-team-vanish-in-germany

 

Anything in all that shit about what chicks dig?

 

Compliments.

It's in your price range and they fall for it.....

 

Careful. "Nice tits." can get you a visit from HR.

 

It beats a visit to the ER (which, oddly, is what I initially read...)



Apologies for thread jack. I blame the short man.

 

The bees learning to fight off invasive hornets

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/...t-off-invasive-hornets?ocid=global_future_rss

 

I have to disagree with the headline, the bees aren't
"learning" to defend themselves, it's just that a tactic
that they already use happens to work against the hornets.

 

Circus Maximus chariot racing track. First time I saw it I thought wow, paper clip shaped track —long straights, super tight corners— made to create crashes, anybody who’s ridden flat track knows that.