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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. 35 sm_80
       
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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.
       
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Kenneth 2 year s ago
Thanks for the rest of the story.
       
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Eudora 2 year s ago
#12 and then there´s a picture of a blind person. fool
       
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Olph 2 year s ago
Eudora,

he never saw it coming
       
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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.
       
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Hody 2 year s ago
Why is #4 a picture of the Ontario Legislature when the story is about Scotland?
       
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Lissia 2 year s ago
#24 I can't be the only one that completely misunderstood this one at first? JC-LOL
       
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