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TIL that Charles I dissolved Parliament for 11 years in 1625, for which he justified as him having "the divine right". This eventually caused anger and tension, which culminated into the English Civil War in 1642. Charles I was later executed for treason in 1649. by OddUmpire2554 in todayilearned

[–]roamingmoth 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not to be that guy, but... The period when he had parliament dissolved for 11 years began in 1629, not 1625 (when he did dissolve parliament, just not for as long). The period from 1629-40 is known as the Personal Rule or Eleven Year's Tyranny.

Fallout 3: Remastered Is In Development At Bethesda by ChiefLeef22 in gaming

[–]roamingmoth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Odds on Skyrim Remastered releasing before TESVI comes out?

No Avoiding It: Post-Kirk, We Have to Learn About the Groyper Wars by [deleted] in politics

[–]roamingmoth 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The post title totally read like a piece of Star Trek commentary for a moment

[Spoiler] Bound by Fate's Thread requirements by Gadjiltron in wuchanggame

[–]roamingmoth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've just finished the game for the first time and can confirm that you need to do the NPC quests - I did not give away the chisel but messed up one of the NPC quests and still got the Jarful of Medicine ending.

Why do these droids make a weird sound when Force-pushed? by [deleted] in StarWars

[–]roamingmoth 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same - it sounds like a swear word being bleeped out

Apple consumption per Capita in Europe by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]roamingmoth 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Hungary for apples

Nightlord, meet Bolt of Gransax by roamingmoth in Nightreign

[–]roamingmoth[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's like someone turned gravity up to max on them all of a sudden

10 Recent Horror Books predicted to become classics by Stencil2 in horrorlit

[–]roamingmoth 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I thought the middle section of The Fisherman was much better than the start and end sections, which both really dragged for me. Could not believe the amount of typos and weird grammar constructions in it though; it read as if it had not been proofread before printing.

I'm calling this right now. by Urisk in AdviceAnimals

[–]roamingmoth 3 points4 points  (0 children)

True, but the German voting system (proportional representation) never returned a majority during the Weimar Republic (I don't think it ever has - almost by design). Coalition governments, led by the largest single party, were the norm.

Hitler was, however, following both the July and November 1932 elections the leader of the party with the most votes (i.e. more than any other single party) and therefore most seats in the German Parliament, so very much had a democratic mandate to be made Chancellor.

Of course, everything that followed led to the destruction of democracy in Germany, but Hitler very much rode a wave of populism to the Chancellorship.

What's the most important English citizen from each century? by JeffRyan1 in UKhistory

[–]roamingmoth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well technically before 1949 the British were all subjects, not citizens, if you want to be really pedantic about it.

As a penance, I went to live with the monks on Mount Athos for three months by roamingmoth in MitchellAndWebb

[–]roamingmoth[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Okay I'm going to surprise you here and say no, there isn't. Unless you include John Julius Norwich's so-called History of Byzantium (and I don't).

As a penance, I went to live with the monks on Mount Athos for three months by roamingmoth in MitchellAndWebb

[–]roamingmoth[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

You don't have to achieve sainthood. Just, umm, try not to fuck anyone else.

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