Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTIL about Ivan VI of Russia, named emperor in 1740 when he was two months old, deposed in a coup thirteen months later, then kept a prisoner in solitary confinement for 20 years until his murder.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1292arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1291arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Ivan VI of Russia, named emperor in 1740 when he was two months old, deposed in a coup thirteen months later, then kept a prisoner in solitary confinement for 20 years until his murder.en.wikipedia.orgFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square46fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaremeep_launcher@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·1 month ago“we thought we hit rock bottom, but then we heard a knock from below” -Russian Joke
“we thought we hit rock bottom, but then we heard a knock from below” -Russian Joke