𝔗𝚎𝚑 𝔅𝚊𝚖𝚜𝚔𝚒@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoWhat ridiculous history fact is your favorite?message-squaremessage-square44linkfedilinkarrow-up1123arrow-down12
arrow-up1121arrow-down1message-squareWhat ridiculous history fact is your favorite?𝔗𝚎𝚑 𝔅𝚊𝚖𝚜𝚔𝚒@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square44linkfedilink
minus-squareCall me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·2 years 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-up4·2 years agoWasn’t he also on death row? He was offered a pardon, if he survived.
minus-squareCall me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years 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.