Published on 12, July, 2020
I thought we could start a thread for sharing facts we love or find interesting/fun. Next time we're due to be in a social situation where it might be expected to share a fact as part of introducing ourselves, we can have this thread as a resource to look through so we have something ready. And at least as importantly I think, this can also be a space for info-dumping favourite facts about special interests. I'll start:
The Byzantine emperor Nikephoros II Phokas, could have lived in extreme luxury in the Imperial Palace of Constantinople, but under his gem-encrusted purple robes he wore a monk's hair shirt and at night he slept on the floor, due to his extreme religious asceticism.