TIL that the Persian King Xerxes was so enraged after a storm destroyed his bridges that he ordered the sea be given 300 whiplashes, and branded it with red-hot irons as the soldiers shouted at the water en.wikipedia.org Submitted by LethalPoopstain t3_yl56cs on November 3, 2022 at 3:04 PM in todayilearned 116 comments 2,055
cycoivan t1_iuwt03j wrote on November 3, 2022 at 4:19 PM Do you think we're being too literal? Xerxes said comb the desert, so we're going to comb the desert. Permalink 11 Sks44 t1_iuxk67q wrote on November 3, 2022 at 7:12 PM “We ain’t found shit!” -The Immortals Permalink Parent 9 Natomiast t1_iuwwkqg wrote on November 3, 2022 at 4:42 PM Xerxes said comb the desert, we ask how high? Permalink Parent 4 herbw t1_iv6vthd wrote on November 5, 2022 at 7:36 PM That pun doesn't work in Persian. Permalink Parent 1
Sks44 t1_iuxk67q wrote on November 3, 2022 at 7:12 PM “We ain’t found shit!” -The Immortals Permalink Parent 9
Natomiast t1_iuwwkqg wrote on November 3, 2022 at 4:42 PM Xerxes said comb the desert, we ask how high? Permalink Parent 4
herbw t1_iv6vthd wrote on November 5, 2022 at 7:36 PM That pun doesn't work in Persian. Permalink Parent 1
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