History Schmistory: May 17. Don’t Let the Door Hit You On the Way Out!
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
1527: The Medici family are expelled from Florence. They came back after a few years, for the gelato.
Ludicrous Latin: Antiquis temporibus, nati tibi similes in rupibus vntosissimis exponebantur ad necem!
Monday, May 16, 2022
In the good old days, children like you were left to perish on windswept crags!
Hey, Smartypants! Pisa Edition
Monday, May 16, 2022
OK, well all know its called the Leaning Tower of Pisa. But do you know the name of the church for which the Leaning Tower serves as the campanile (bell tower)?
History Schmistory, May 15: Mary Queen of Scots
Sunday, May 15, 2022
1567 – Mary, Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell. Later, according to Monty Python, she dies:
History Schmistory: May 14. Lewis and Clark take a hike
Saturday, May 14, 2022
1804. President Thomas Jefferson suggests that Lewis and Clark take a hike, so they do–across the US to the Pacific Ocean. 
Ludicrous Latin: Postatem obscuri lateris nescitis!
Thursday, May 12, 2022
You do not know the power of the dark side!
History Schmistory: May 12. Black Guy from Woodstock becomes Prince of Wales
Thursday, May 12, 2022
1343. Edward, Son of Edward III, called “The Black Prince,” and born at the royal palace of Woodstock, becomes Prince of Wales. By the way, he wasn’t really black. That was a joke : D
History Schmistory: May 11. Constantinople founded.
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
330: Constantinople is founded on the site of an existing Greek city called Byzantium. Takes weeks for letterhead and business cards to be changed.
