TehBamski@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhat ridiculous history fact is your favorite?message-squaremessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1102arrow-down11
arrow-up1101arrow-down1message-squareWhat ridiculous history fact is your favorite?TehBamski@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squareCall me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·1 year agoThe first manned hot air balloon was mistaken for an eldritch monster by rural French citizens who didn’t understand it and was “beaten to death” by a French mob after it descended to the ground.
minus-squarecynar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoWasn’t he also on death row? He was offered a pardon, if he survived.
minus-squareCall me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoYes, they did that for all those experiments back then.
The first manned hot air balloon was mistaken for an eldritch monster by rural French citizens who didn’t understand it and was “beaten to death” by a French mob after it descended to the ground.
Wasn’t he also on death row? He was offered a pardon, if he survived.
Yes, they did that for all those experiments back then.