Random factoids you can't help but remember

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

You know what they say: the Habsburgs didn’t war, they screwed their way into other European royal houses. Isabella of Portugal was Charles V’s first cousin after all.

The Hapsburgs were the first EU.

With the STDs as badges of honor. Nothing much has changed.

[Kowani]

The Hapsburgs were the first EU.

With the STDs as badges of honor. Nothing much has changed.

Eh, the EU doesn’t get us thrown into wars for hegemony.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

With the STDs as badges of honor. Nothing much has changed.

Eh, the EU doesn’t get us thrown into wars for hegemony.

But it is diseased.

[Kowani]

Eh, the EU doesn’t get us thrown into wars for hegemony.

But it is diseased.

I like the EU…

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

But it is diseased.

I like the EU…

I don’t. For a number of reasons. But those are irrelevant to your initial factoid about the Habsburgs. They were indeed the masters of royal inbreeding in Europe.

[Kowani]

I like the EU…

I don’t. For a number of reasons. But those are irrelevant to your initial factoid about the Habsburgs. They were indeed the masters of royal inbreeding in Europe.

Meh. Como gustos colores.

But. Very.

[New Legland]

Habsburg inbreeding was so extensive that Carlos II of Spain was simultaneously the son, great-nephew and first-cousin of his parents - who were uncle and niece; all eight of his great-grandparents were descendants of Joanna and Philip I of Castile. Carlos II was famously described as 'short, lame, epileptic, senile and completely bald before 35, always on the verge of death but repeatedly baffling Christendom by continuing to live'.

Habsburg inbreeding was so extensive that Carlos II of Spain was simultaneously the son, great-nephew and first-cousin of his parents - who were uncle and niece; all eight of his great-grandparents were descendants of Joanna and Philip I of Castile. Carlos II was famously described as 'short, lame, epileptic, senile and completely bald before 35, always on the verge of death but repeatedly baffling Christendom by continuing to live'.

oops

[Kowani]

Habsburg inbreeding was so extensive that Carlos II of Spain was simultaneously the son, great-nephew and first-cousin of his parents - who were uncle and niece; all eight of his great-grandparents were descendants of Joanna and Philip I of Castile. Carlos II was famously described as 'short, lame, epileptic, senile and completely bald before 35, always on the verge of death but repeatedly baffling Christendom by continuing to live'.

Habsburg inbreeding was so extensive that Carlos II of Spain was simultaneously the son, great-nephew and first-cousin of his parents - who were uncle and niece; all eight of his great-grandparents were descendants of Joanna and Philip I of Castile. Carlos II was famously described as 'short, lame, epileptic, senile and completely bald before 35, always on the verge of death but repeatedly baffling Christendom by continuing to live'.

oops

…Well, crap.
Sorry, Arch!

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

Henry VIII didn’t have vegetables with his meals as he deemed them "peasant food".

[Proctopeo]

Henry VIII didn’t have vegetables with his meals as he deemed them "peasant food".

He also, in a legendary power move, split the Church of England from the Roman Catholic Church and the authority of the Pope, just to divorce his wife.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

Henry VIII didn’t have vegetables with his meals as he deemed them "peasant food".

He also, in a legendary power move, split the Church of England from the Roman Catholic Church and the authority of the Pope, just to divorce his wife.

He probably accomplished what Henry II dreamed about all those centuries before.

[The Blaatschapen]

I just learned about the Southern Euro of the 19th century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_Monetary_Union

[Ardrentt]

Currently? That cows belch their methane.

[Window Land]

This year had the 150th anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad.

[New Legland]

That this video is accurate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwZ6B5kalbQ

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

Shrimp occupy the empty shells of other sea animals.

[Xmara]

This year had the 150th anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad.

This year also marks the 150th anniversary of the periodic table. Got a ton of emails from the ACS about it.

[Chan Island]

There are over 70 towns in the US called Manchester.

What is even funnier Is that the name translates to "boob fort". The Romans reckoned the hill in the area (of the original, in england) looked like a pair of women's breasts.

[Thermodolia]

SP 4449, the American Freedom Train steam loco, wasn’t chosen because of its looks or power but because it was the easiest to move and involved the least amount out switch moves

[Thermodolia]

This year had the 150th anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad.

Both of the companies who started that rail line are now owned by one corporation, UP. Though UP is technically Southern Pacific rebranded

[Autonomous Cleaner Bot Cleaners]

Cebrennus rechenbergi, a.k.a the Moroccan flic-flac spider, verified as a distinct species in 2008-2009, escapes threats and dangers thanks to that time it spent touring with Cirque du Soleil.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cebrennus_rechenbergi.webm

[New Legland]

Mozart composed a canon the name of which translates to "Lick me in the arse."

[Northwest Slobovia]

There are over 70 towns in the US called Manchester.

What is even funnier Is that the name translates to "boob fort". The Romans reckoned the hill in the area (of the original, in england) looked like a pair of women's breasts.

The Teton mountains are similiarly well-endowed. Wakipedia gives the original as "les trois tétons ('the three nipples')", but a sign in Grand Teton National Park gives the full expansion as "the three breasts of Mother Earth".

Mother Earth should (hopefully) not be confused with Eccentrica Gallumbits, the triple-breasted whore of Eroticon Six.

[Aclion]

But it is diseased.

I like the EU…

You have my condolences.

[Alpes a Septentrionali Imperium]

The CIA did mind control experiments with lSD, hypnosis, and other chemicals called Project MKUltra