Comments on: Another 20 Historical Oddities You Don’t Know

By: bionicragdoll

bionicragdoll — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:47:36 +0000

As long it was proved (or widely believed) that the original marriage was never consummated. According to beliefs of the time if a man marries his brothers wife they shall have no children and Henry VIII used Katherine’s many miscarriages and still borns as proof of that (Apparently their daughter Mary didn’t count). Whether or not Katherine was a virgin when she married Henry is still debated. Phillipa Gregory wrote a novel called The Constant Princess which makes the case that she was not a virgin when she married Henry and that her original marriage was consummated. It’s a good book for anyone interested in that era.

By: jasper420

jasper420 — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:55:57 +0000

All but Anthony Burgess died on November 22, 1963.

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By: Stormknight

Stormknight — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:29:08 +0000

10. The Parliament of Iceland is the oldest still acting parliament in the world. It was established in 930.

is there a printing mistake 930 or 1930

By: Anon

Anon — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 04:17:07 +0000

Yeah seriously, get rid of Anthony Burgess. The other three work but Burgess died in 1993. Who cares?

By: St. Holyshi

St. Holyshi — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 08:22:02 +0000

John F. Kennedy, Aldous Huxley, and C.S. Lewis all died on November 22, 1963. Anthony Burgess died on November 22, 1993.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 11:16:29 +0000

My Aunt was born in Libya but is British. Being born somewhere does not make you that nationality.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 11:13:25 +0000

Only an idiot would think they meant modern Rome, which is merely a city in Italy, whereas ancient Rome is an entire state.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 11:12:41 +0000

No. The Isles of Scilly off the coast of the UK. Sicily is a single island, so you wouldn't say "The Isles of Sicily".

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 11:11:15 +0000

That's not odd at all – it was extremely common for a man to marry his Brother's widow in the middle ages.