History is Ridiculous

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recessional would like to share a thought with all of us:

It sounds much more impressive when you say "during the ninth century, much of Europe was ruled by Charlemagne, who often personally lead his wars accompanied by his sword Joyeuse" . . .


. . .as opposed to when you say, "In the eight hundreds in Europe, a guy named Big Karl was in charge, and he totally fought with a sword he called 'Happy'."

Context is that history is much more ridiculous than you might think.