Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 days 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-up1291arrow-down11
arrow-up1290arrow-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 · 24 days agomessage-square46fedilink
minus-squaremeep_launcher@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·23 days 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