TehBamski@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 6 months agoWhat ridiculous history fact is your favorite?message-squaremessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up199arrow-down11
arrow-up198arrow-down1message-squareWhat ridiculous history fact is your favorite?TehBamski@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 6 months agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squareCall me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·6 months 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-up4·6 months agoWasn’t he also on death row? He was offered a pardon, if he survived.
minus-squareCall me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months 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.