What ridiculous history fact is your favorite?

TehBamski@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 152 points –
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We have proof that kids have never paid attention in school. For example, in Novgorod around 1250 A.D. a six year old boy named Onfim (later called Anthemius of Novgorod) was supposedly practicing his writing and basic arithmetic. Much of what archeologists have found were doodles of him being a heroic knight The mighty horseman Onfim on his steed. who hunted down his teacher, who was a horrible monster Onfim and several other horsemen chase down the evil Writing Teacher. These were buried in a waste pile, where they were rediscovered by archeologists. They are a treasured part of Slavic history and there is now a statue of him in his hometown.

These don't look too dissimilar to things I'd doodle when I was 6. Interesting how kids always kinda draw the same.

It's fascinating the stages children through in drawing. It says a lot about how the young mind develops. The "head with arms and legs" stage seems universal, and amusing.

Teacher has threw it on the trash. 😂

Imagine how his teacher feels. The little shit doodles all through his class, and who do we build a statue of? The kid‽