A penalty for blasphemy recorded in Bronze Age Ugarit (modern-day Syria) was to be forcibly inebriated, thrown off a building, stoned and then crucified.
Fact of the Day
Quote of the Day
"A man must needs close his eyes and clench his teeth, wry-mouthed and shuddering, and filtering the stuff rather than drinking.
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~ Peter of Blois, 12th century, on English wine
On This Day
1471 The Lancastrian forces suffered a decisive defeat against the Yorkists under Edward IV at the Battle of Tewkesbury.
1926 The first full day of the nine-day General Strike began in an attempt to support British miners.