Another Nerd
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Some mood (•∆•)
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I think I would look beautiful with this in!
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New fun time play thing (Taken with GifBoom)
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Great moments in Mash-Up History! #EarthWars #StarWars
The great light saber battle of 1862.
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@jedijayne the French gave the US the Statue of Liberty, just to suppress this embarrassing story…. shhh…. LOL. #WomenRule #GirlPower
In 1808, Napoleon, running out of scenic holiday destinations to invade, somehow totally forgot about his neighbor to the south, Spain. So that year he dispatched his troops, kicking off the Peninsular War.
Only 20 years old and working as a barmaid in the town of Valdepenas, Juana Galan was not expecting a surge of French soldiers to come storming through her village. But on June 6, that’s exactly what happened. At that time, most of the men were fighting Napoleon’s forces elsewhere in the nation. Juana, unfazed by things like rifles and Frenchmen and French riflemen, began organizing the women in her village to form a trap for the approaching army.
When the army arrived, Juana and her friends were ready. They dumped boiling water and oil on the French troops, which by all accounts will instantly take the fight out of pretty much anyone. Then Juana, armed with only a batan, beat back the heavily armed French cavalry with her squad of village women, almost none of whom were armed with guns.
The French retreated, giving up on capturing not just Juana’s town but the entire province of La Mancha, leading to ultimate Spanish victory. Today, she is seen in Spain as a national hero, a symbol of resistance, strength, patriotism, feminism and hitting shit with a stick.
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WHY DO WE NOT TELL THINGS LIKE THIS IN HISTORY CLASSES? Seriously, first time ever hearing of this story.
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