A different sort of international incident.

This week: mock battles turn all too real, lying about being the king of Albania, and COOL ROCKS FROM SPACE.

This week: the first thing that happened, according to the internet (there are pics) — the pitch finally drops — rogue dendrochronologist chops down the oldest tree — “archbishop and social media guru”.

This week we steal someone else’s jokes, but they’re 2,000 years old, so it’s okay. Except the ones about Napoleon. There’s no excuse for those. They’re just terrible.

Guaranteed* to contain more facts about Liechtenstein than you’ve ever heard before! We also discuss the century when everyone invented typewriters and the time we agreed to not blow up Antarctica.

* Unless, like, you live in Liechtenstein? In which case… hi! Your tiny country is very interesting!

“Why is no one as frightened of the ocean as I am?” “Because that war will be delicious.”

The Inquisition forgives somebody, food gets easier, dressing a girl up as Athena gets you un-banished, and a guy who thinks he’s Jesus’ younger brother orders a couple giant demon-slaying swords… and then gets shot out of a cannon. History is awesome.

It’s our usual bunch of historical nonsense: prophecies, mysterious ancient devices, and completely ignoring the topic when we don’t know anything about what we’re talking about.

Bonjour from France! 3/5 of your AH crew are in Marseilles this week. But this episode has nothing to do with that.

Image credits: 1, 2.

This Week:

– Anna has some big news

– Anthony Weiner’s cat looks bored

– Attila the Hun

– Crowdfunding Lady Liberty

– The sea that disappeared and the island that was never there to begin with

– James Joyce and Nora Barnacle, your news team at 10.

– Viking sunstones

Image credits! Wikimedia Commons, Wikimedia Commons.