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  1. "They proceeded inland to the town of Luna, which they believed to be Rome at the time, but Björn found himself unable to breach the town walls. To gain entry, he sent messengers to the bishop to say that he had died, had a deathbed conversion, and wished to be buried on consecrated ground within their church. He was brought into the chapel with a small honor guard, then amazed the dismayed Italian clerics by leaping from his coffin and hacking his way to the town gates, which he promptly opened, letting his army in."

    Wednesday, 26-Mar-14 22:42:33 UTC from web
    1. @nerthos What a hardcore badass.

      Wednesday, 26-Mar-14 22:43:37 UTC from web
      1. @clayinthecarpet The best thing about the game I'm playing is that the historical characters in it have links to wikipedia on their character pages, and jewels like that show up.

        Wednesday, 26-Mar-14 22:44:49 UTC from web
        1. @nerthos That is literally the coolest historical fact I have ever heard. Bravo to that game.

          Wednesday, 26-Mar-14 22:45:21 UTC from web
          1. @clayinthecarpet I like the one where an army returned home with more soldiers than they had when they left

            Wednesday, 26-Mar-14 22:45:59 UTC from web
    2. @nerthos Captain Badass

      Wednesday, 26-Mar-14 22:44:30 UTC from web
      1. @mrmattimation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Ironside

        Wednesday, 26-Mar-14 22:45:09 UTC from web