Sunday, December 11, 2011

history lessons

learned from robert k massie's nicholas and alexandra: rasputin was first poisoned with huge amounts of cyanide, then shot and confirmed pulse-less by a dr. he wasn't dead tho, cause he got up and ran out the house where he was shot at three more times in the back. he was still alive tho, so his murderers clubbed him, tied him up, and wrapped him in up a carpet. they then threw him in an icy river. days later, when they took his body out, it was discovered that he had actually managed to free an arm, and that after the poisoning, gun shots, and beating, he had finally died by drowning.

learned from charles panati's extraordinary origins of everyday things: ptolemy VIII married his sister cleopatra II. as a birthday present, he had their son dismembered and his head, hands and feet sent to to her.

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