Here are some interesting facts about World History!
- Saint Patrick was not Irish
. He was a missionary from England who was captured by Irish merchants. - Pythagoras
believed that everything in life had a soul, including beans. Because of this, Pythagoras prohibited the eating of beans because he believed that flatulence was the result of the beans' souls trying to escape from the body. - “What we call the fall of the Western Roman Empire was an imaginative experiment that got a little out of hand.” Walter Goffart
- In the 11th and 12th century, during the creation of Universities, students would pay a large amount of money for education and the professors would never show up for class.
- 12th century knights believed strongly in emotion. In order to be a knight, one must sing, dance, and compose poetry. Weeping was considered manly!