If the Gallipoli Campaign in WWI succeeded, the October Revolution might not have taken place. Rasputin had a giant dick. Augustus wasn't the real name of emperor Augustus, his real name was Gaius Octavius. Plasma is one of the forms of matter, next to gas, liquid and solid. There is a Boeing 747 with a laser cannon. Hitler wasn't elected as president, when the Reichstag was set on fire (still speculations the NSDAP did that in cooperation with the communists) he called out the emergency state, and thus increased his own power in the Night of Long Knives. Sweden's soldiers during their time as an empire, were strictly religious soldiers called 'Caroleans' who were literally fearless. There were Crusades entirely composed of children. Crusades actually were partially justified, as Emperor Alexios Komnenos asked the Catholics to help him stop the Muslim advance into Europe. The Byzantine Empire stood for 1100 years, and was known as the Roman Empire or the Greeks in medieval times. The Dutch Republic wasn't a democracy, even though people around the world seem to think that. It was ruled by a council of provincial representatives, who elected a Stadthouder, a military commander, and a Raadspensionaris, who had the most power in times of peace. The Thirty Years' War began and ended in Prague. It began with Bohemians throwing Holy Roman negotiators out of a tower, and ended with the unsuccessful Swedish sack of Prague.