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
Thefrugaldougal t1_iv0htqr wrote on November 4, 2022 at 11:29 AM In the Iliad, Achilles fought a river. These things mean something else to people back then. Permalink 1
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