It is extremely cool that a history forum has been created. My hopes are that this is going to somehow open people's minds up so that they won't be so ignorant.
Well, I have created this topic for anybody who knows any funny real historical facts they would like to share.
Did you know that Napoleon lost the battle of Waterloo because the soldier he had ordered to wake him up in the morning, decided that it was too early and so didn't wake Napoleon up. This of course led to- forgot his name- to reinforce his army and therefore beat Napoleon.
Did you know that Simon Bolivar was actually only a bit bigger that Napoleon, and yet he liked for people to draw pictures of him as a normal and sometimes a bit taller than normal person?
[This message has been edited by Novoa20 (edited 09-02-2005 @ 07:02 PM).]