Two things:
1) Not all of these are invented: can you guess which are which?
2) We hope you will add your own in the Comments.
Did you know... that whenever she heard her soldiers using bad language, Joan of Arc would give them a chiding look and say "Pardon your French!"?
Did you know... that when Clark was busy negotiating to buy meat from the Indians, Merriwether Lewis would loudly hum "How MUch Is that Doggy in the Window"?
Did you know... that Oliver Cromwell liked to play practical jokes on people? He also annoyingly flicked drops of ink at the signers of the King's death warrant.
Did you know... that whenever King Edward II insisted "I want to be taken seriously!" his "favorite" Piers Gaveston would drawl, "Oh yeah? Then why are you wearing that hat?"?
Did you know... that King Edward III drove his sons, the Black Prince and John of Gaunt crazy by coming up to them and saying, "Pull my finger!" even when they were men in their 30s?
Did you know... that Lady Jane Rochford, wife of George Boleyn, would cling to his leg and whine and beg him not to leave her when he went out?
Did you know... Jesus Christ had a reputation for a holier-than-thou attitude? And that whenever there was work to be done, he always found an excuse to go off and pray?
Did you know... Harold Godwinson, the last Saxon king of England, had an old arrow he liked to scratch his nose with, causing his wife Edyith Swanneck to beg, "I do wish you would stop that! One of these days you are going to put out an eye!"?
Did you know... that Adolf Hitler never bothered to hide his problem with flatulence in public?
Did you know... Marie Antoinette had a habit of insisting after each new purchase of an elaborate gown or jewelry, "This is the last one! I will start to economize, I promise, no really, I will. I just had to have this one."?
Did you know... that King Henery VIII would intentionally leave the seat up on the toilet because he loved to hear women shriek when they fell in?
Several of these were supplied by the following authors:
Brian Wainwright, Within the Fetterlock
Helen Hollick, Harold the King
, Pendragon's Banner
, Sea Witch
and many othersFrances Hunter, To the Ends of the Earth
Kris Jackson, Above the Fray
Brandy Purdy, The Confession of Piers Gaveston
and The Boleyn Wife
Feel left out? Your turn!
Did you know... that while Cesare Borgia was imprisioned by the Spanish, he attempted a jailbreak by pretending to be ill. He lured the guard in and then tried to throw him out the window. When Cesare was subdued, he claimed they were just rough-housing.
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I bet this one's true:
"Did you know... that Oliver Cromwell liked to play practical jokes on people? He also annoyingly flicked drops of ink at the signers of the King's death warrant."
And "Did you know... that King Edward III drove his sons, the Black Prince and John of Gaunt crazy by coming up to them and saying, "Pull my finger!" even when they were men in their 30s?" so sounds like Edward III. :-)))
Did you know...that King Richard I. was released from Dürnstein much, much earlier and spent a great time in France with his "Blondel"?