In Wales during the Dark Ages, there was a law stating that you could determine the value of a cat by lying it down on the ground, holding its tail at a right angle to its body, and pouring wheat onto the cat until it was completely covered in wheat up to the tip of its tail.
The purpose of this metric, incidentally, was to determine the proper amount to fine someone who killed or stole the cat guarding a royal granary. While this is certainly worthy goal, it seems to me that the method unreasonably assumes that the cat in question is already dead, since no live cat would put up with that kind of treatment.
> On Jul 17, 2015, at 9:55 AM, Christopher Ferry <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> And the "thrown" person survived thanks to aptly placed garbage.
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> On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 9:53 AM, David E. <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Not exactly "obscure" but it is a fun fact: the Thirty Years' War was
>> started by a group of people throwing someone out a window in 1618.
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>> On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 12:59 AM, Glen Sanderson <
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>>> What's the most obscure historical fact that you have heard?
>>> For me it was how the reformation brought about unique watch designs.
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>>> Happy Friday
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