Pop quiz! Who said what about history? History is . . .   (a) more or less bunk.  (b) a nightmare from which I am trying to awaken.  (c) as thoroughly infected with lies as a street whore with syphilis. Match your answers:  (1) Stephen Daedalus of James Joyce's Ulysses  (2) Henry Ford  (3) Arthur Schopenhauer It turns out that the answer need not be bunk, nightmarish,  or  diseased. In the hands of mental_floss, history's most interesting bits have been handpicked and roasted to perfection. Packed with little-known stories and outrageousвЂ”but accurateвЂ”facts, you'll laugh yourself smarter on this joyride through 60,000 years of human civilization. Remember: just because it's true doesn't mean it's boring! Now with Breaking News ''If You Thought the  Last  Depression Was Great . . .'' Answers: (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3

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