There is a German technique of swordsmanship known as 'Mordhau', which consists of gripping the sword inverted with both hands and using brute force to incapacitate your enemy with the pommel or cross-guard!

January is named for the Roman god Janus. Janus was a temple god who could look forward and backward at the same time.

The destruction of the Berlin Wall began when private citizens began to demolish entire sections of the Wall without interference from government officials on November 9, 1989.

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