10 Knights Templar Facts 11 thru 20 YT

10 Knights Templar Facts 1 thru 10 YT

10 Ancient Egypt Facts 11 thru 20 YT

10 Ancient Egypt Facts 1 thru 10 YT

10 Pirate Facts 11 thru 20 YT

10 Pirate Facts 1 thru 10 YT

10 Viking Facts 11 thru 20 YT

10 Viking Facts 1 thru 10 YT

Ancient Seven Wonders of the World Fact 29

At the time the Gardens were built Babylon was enjoying its second stint as the largest city in the world (612 BC to 300 BC). It may have been the first city to reach the 200,000 population mark.


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Knights Templar Fact 29

The 15th Grand Master Pedro (aka Pierre) de Montaigu is believed to have been the brother of Guerin de Montaigu who was the 13th Grand Master of the Hospitaller Knights. Pedro led the Templars 1218 to 1232 while Guerin led the Hospitallers 1207 to 1228. The relationship between the two orders was said to have been close during that time.

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Viking Fact 29

Vikings started to raid the north and west coasts of Ireland in 795 AD. By 840 AD they had moved inland along the major river systems where they built fortified bases from which the launched their plundering missions. Their primary targets were the monasteries which ironically factored into the Vikings in Ireland adopting Christianity by the end of the 10th century.


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American Civil War Fact 29

The Civil War cost the Federal Government $6.19 billion or $146 billion in today's dollars. $3.5 million a day was being spent by the North as the war closed to an end. The South suffered $10 billion in property damage.


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Ancient Egypt Fact Twenty Nine

The Ancient Egyptians are the first known people that learned to make glass. Around 1500 BC they started to craft jars and beads from the molten sand although they had been using glass as part of the glaze in their pottery since 8000 BC. 


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Pirate Fact Twenty Nine

Edward Teach AKA Blackbeard enhanced his fearsome image during battle by twisting fuses into his beard and lighting them. That created smoke around his face which made him even more terrifying to his opponents.

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St Anterus 19th Pope

St Anterus was the 19th Pope from 235 to 236. He was the fourth of four Popes who were opposed by Hippolytus as the anti Pope in a schism of the church. His reign was only 40 days. His main accomplishment in that time was appointing a bishop for the city of Fondi, Italy. He died on January 3, 236 and January 3rd is his Feast day.

Ancient Seven Wonders of the World Fact 28

The majority of the seven wonders were on the rim of the Mediterranean Sea while two were inland. The Pyramids at Giza are about 200 km or 124 miles from the coast and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were about 850 km or 528 miles from the coast.



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Knights Templar Fact 28

The Gonfanier was the knight that held the Templar standard in battle. No knight was allowed to leave the battlefield as long as the standard was raised. That contributed to the high fatalities to the Order over 150 years.

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Viking Fact 28

The Viking quote A man's own hand is most to be trusted originated in The Saga of Viga-Glum which was written in Iceland in the 13th century.

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American Civil War Fact 28

The Border states were the slave states that did not leave the Union but they did support the cause of the Confederates. They included Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland and Missouri.

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Ancient Egypt Fact Twenty Eight

The language of the Ancient Egyptians had an influence over the modern languages of Europe. There are many words that have similar pronunciations to the original word in the Egyptian language. For example French, Spanish and Italian all are similar with their respective words for 'desert'.

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