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Fun Facts About Julius Caesar: The Extraordinary Life of Julius Caesar. Follow me on Twitter for daily Historical Fun and #OnThisDay tweets. https://twitter.com/HistoricalFun The Ides of March:   On the 15th day of the third month in 44BC, Julius Caesar, the Dictator of Rome, was assassinated by Marcus Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Decimus Junius Brutus, and a whole host of other Roman Senators. Julius Caesar was stabbed to death on the Ides of March by a consortium of Roman Senators led by Caesar's friend, Marcus-I-did-Eat-Two-Brutus. Julius Caesar had been told to Beware The Ides Of March, but chose to ignore the prophecy. Just before Caesar passed into the shadowy world of gonna-return-as-a-zombie-and-eat-your-face-off, he looked into the eyes of his friend and whispered, "Et Tu, Brutus."  This translates into English as, "Your mamma was a snowblower." *** *** Real translation: "And you, Brutus?" FUN FACTS ABOUT THE EARLY LIFE ...

Nicholas II, The Last Tsar of Russia: His abdication and Assassination   On the 15th of March in 1917, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia was forced to abdicate the Russian throne.   Nicholas II was the last Tsar of Russia and was also known as Nicholas the Bloody, due to a strange ritual of covering himself with hedgehog blood before he defecated.   Although his name Nicholas the Bloody mainly referred to him killing anyone who had a bad word to say about him. Anyone who looked at him funny. And anyone who mocked his hedgehog-blood-defecation ritual. It included an awful lot of people. That hedgehog thing is just weird.   Nicholas abdicated after the February Revolution, held in 1917, in February. The February Revolution was followed later that year by a revolution in October, called, err, wait a minute, I always forget the name of that one. The October Revolution. Yes, The October Revolution.   Anyways, the Febru...

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY March 15th BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH.   On this day in history in 44BC, Julius Caesar, the Dictator of Rome , is assassinated by Marcus Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Decimus Junius Brutus, and a whole host of other Roman Senators.   Julius Caesar was stabbed to death on the Ides of March (15th March) by a consortium of Roman Senators led by Caesar's friend, Marcus-I-did-Eat-Two-Brutus.   Julius Caesar had been told to Beware The Ides Of March by Gandalf, but chose to ignore the old wizard after he found out he could have just used the eagles to return the ring to the fires of Milton Keynes.   Just before Caesar passed into the shadowy world of gonna-return-as-a-zombie-and-eat-your-face-off, he looked into the eyes of his friend and whispered, "Et Tu, Brutus."   This translates into English as, "Your mamma was a Snowblower."   Read some Historical Fun with these Fun Facts About Julius Ca...