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Bookmark or Share- Is the 12-inch foot based off the foot of a King of England?The foot as a unit of measure predates the establishment of England as a country - and hence predates English kings. Wikipedia cites Oswald Ashton Wentworth Dilke (May 22, 1987). Mathematics and measurement as saying that the Romans and Greeks used the foot as a unit of measure. So a 12-inch foot predates England.
- quotes martin-luther-king - Skeptics Stack ExchangeHowever, no proof is given that Martin Luther King, Jr. ever said it either. Skye Jethian concurs: Strangely, the line was used on more than one occasion by Martin Luther King Jr. as well and it sometimes falsely attributed as original. But that is neither here nor there. Anyway, no documentation it was originated by either.
- Were all but one of the US presidents descended from King John of England?A 12-year-old girl created family tree linking 42 of 43 U.S. presidents to King John of England, who signed the Magna Carta in 1215. Only the eighth president, Martin Van Buren, was not related to John. This has been recently spreading on news web-sites and Facebook, especially by conspiracy theorists. Is this true?
- history - Was everything Hitler did in Germany legal? - Skeptics Stack ..."Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal." -- Martin Luther King, Jr. Is Martin Luther King right? Was Hitler "clean" (cannot be charged under the then-law) in the eyes of the law? If the question is too broad (if "everything" includes reckless youth behaviour) , were his actions perfectly legal while he was the ruler of ...
- united states - Was Martin Luther King taped by the FBI while ...In a review of Taylor Branch's biography of Dr Martin Luther King Jr, Slate Magazine repeats a story that can be found in several places on the web: On Jan. 6, 1964, FBI men installed microphones in King's Washington, D.C., hotel room and turned on the tape recorder.
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