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Calpurnia 2 year s ago

#16 It was used as a munitions dump during the Ottoman occupation, and a Venetian bomb struck it during the siege of the Acropolis in 1687. Stupid Turks. Also, stupid Venetians.

Stal 2 year s ago

Calpurnia, We see present-day Palestinians employing the same tactic in Gaza.
As for the "stupid" Venetians, perhaps back in 1687 they considered it more important to drive the Muslims out of Greece than protect Athena's temple.

Kenneth 2 year s ago

Thanks for the rest of the story.

Eudora 2 year s ago

#12 and then there´s a picture of a blind person. fool

Olph 2 year s ago

Eudora,

he never saw it coming

Chan 2 year s ago

#15 - I spent a day in Paris in 1986 and some parts of the city and the entire subway smelled like a filthy toilette.

Hody 2 year s ago

Why is #4 a picture of the Ontario Legislature when the story is about Scotland?

Lissia 2 year s ago

#24 I can't be the only one that completely misunderstood this one at first? JC-LOL

"TIL that The British Pound is the oldest currency in the world, it has been used for over 1,200 years and dated back to Anglo-Saxon era. Back then it equivalent to 1 pound of silver. One pound back then could buy you 15 cows"