I recently learned that Simo Hayha's original claimed number of 505 kills was more likely to have been around 200-230 kills. Why do so many military historians take the numbers for granted? How did snipers and their observers keep the score and why do we have any reason to trust them, when you factor in…
What prompted the Greek Ptolemaic Pharaohs to adopt brother-sister incest within a single generation?
Ptolemy II Philadelphus, the second Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt, married his full-blooded sister Arsinoë II. What were the Greek views regarding brother-sister marriage during this period? Was there a great scandal over the marriage in Egypt with the Greeks living there, or in the broader Hellenistic world? Source
Anyone know where this old(ish?) song came from?
Sorry if I'm in the wrong subreddit, but my grandfather used to sing a short song to us when we were kids. My mom said it was old even then. It went like: Fee! Fee fi! Fee fi fo! Feastday! Coomalotta coomalotta coomalotta feastday, Oooooh noooo, not feastday, Innaminna dexxaminna ooh wah uh wahlaminna, Exxaminna…