“What do you mean you don’t know the year Constantinople fell off the top of your head?”

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• Selvari21106@mastodon.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  @Grumpus_Maximus Most people say it was in 1453

  Slightly smarter people know it was in 1204

  Intellectuals know it was in 11204

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• ramble81@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  ..she’ll be waiting in Istanbul.

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• melsaskca@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yeah! Well then answer me this…When did Istanbul rise?! /s

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• PNW_Doug@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I do know the year and day Constantinople fell, yes!

  29 May 1453.

  To be fair, the 29th of May is my birthday, but I’m still kind of excited that I know that one off the top of my head.

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  • Jimbo@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Well, I got the right century at least

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  • gedhrel@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Which calendar is that?

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  • timestatic@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Oh shit i thought it was 1447. I was off by 6 years, unacceptable

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  • ByteJunk@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    1453 is also the end of the 100 years war, with the English losing the battle of Castillon. An eventful year in European history.

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    • Aqarius@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s honestly the best candidate for the official end of the middle ages.

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  • HamsterRage@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I was close! My somewhat educated guess was 1438.

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    • ByteJunk@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I love Europa Universalis 4 (PC game), the game starts on November 11th, 1444 - a day after the Hungarian/Christian defeat in the battle of Varna, which paved the way for the Ottomans becoming a superpower.

      That’s a cool date for the game, because it allows the players to try to save a nearly doomed Byzantine Empire, or change the outcome of the 100 Year War for example.

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• slazer2au@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Reminds me of the scene from Man vs Bee where all the pin codes are years of various sea battles.

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  • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I use my favorite classical composers and my favorite works for passwords. I figure the average bad guy isn’t going to figure that out very quickly, unless he has a degree in music history,which is unlikely. I got a few other tricks to make it even harder, too.

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    • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Interesting.

      BTW, who’s your favorite classical composer?

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