Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours 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-square40fedilinkarrow-up1207arrow-down11
arrow-up1206arrow-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 · 15 hours agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squaremeep_launcherlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 hours 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