Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months 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-square39fedilinkarrow-up1289arrow-down11
arrow-up1288arrow-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 · 2 months agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squaremeep_launcher@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·2 months 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