Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for June 04, 2016
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June 05, 2016
Transcript:
In 2011, media tycoon Rupert Murdoch was hit in the face with a pie while testifying before Parliament. In an attempt to suppress learning and Confucianism, the Qin Dynasty (221-207 BC) burned many scholars alive. Philip, Prince of Calabria was known to wear 16 pairs of gloves at a time!
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So the Qin dynasty personally thought the scholars’ time was already done? (Where is Calabria anyway? That’s quite a collection of gloves for Philip though.)