in your opinion, whatis the most fascenating thing, or person, in history??

Answer 1

Jimi Hendrix. man could he play guitar!!!

but if you mean history that schools teach...I guess the whole womens movement stuff was pretty interesting...

Answer 2

I'm not into history that much, but the Egyptians were really interesting. Just everything that they did, it's just so different. With the way they made mummies, the pharaohs, and other things like that. I love it all! :)

Then there's the Holocaust, I've read a ton on that. It's just so insane and sad. I love reading true stories about people who survived it. Once I even had a dream that I was in it! And at the end I met my fate in a gas chamber. It felt so real, I couldn't breathe!

Here's an interesting story: A friend of my old English teacher was a survivor. She was put into several concentration camps. Before it happened, her grandmother died and she gave her 3 little diamonds, she said they were for buying bread if she ever needed some.

While in these concentration camps, she kept the diamonds. The only way to do this was to swallow them, retrieve them from her you know what, and swallow them again!

Today, that woman has those diamonds on a necklace! Crazy, huh?

Answer 3

Benjamin Franklin. This side of Da Vinci, no one EVER has a comparable resume. Here are just a few things he did.

amatuer bodybuilder
inventor
diplomat
author
newspaper editor
scientist (farming & electrical)
started 1st US postal service
started 1st public library in US
president of Pennsylvania
helped write Declaration of Independence

and a whole host of other things
Ben waz da man!

Answer 4

Thing: The universe. Just trying to imagine the enormity of it is mind-boggling, as is trying to imagine what one would find if one actually reached its outer edge -- or IS there an outer edge?

Person: Frankly, it's Adolf Hitler [an odd choice for a half-Jew to make]. It's just astounding to me that someone could be that hateful and evil, and also be so mesmerizing that he could make most of an entire country do his will. I should of course clarify that I find it fascinating, but not admirable.

Answer 5

The religious leaders, of all faiths, are pretty fascinating. Their lives were important enough at the time to chronicle fully, and millions have followed them. In terms of lasting impact, that's impressive. And we weren't exactly around with television cameras to get a sense of them. So there's a certain mystery involved to all of them.

Answer 6

I am.

I think most of us are so busy trying to figure other people out when, really, we can't fully appreciate or understand anyone else until we fully understand ourselves.

And frankly, I confuse myself a great deal. I do things I don't understand for reasons that I have to dig down deep to even begin to recognize. Even when I understand why I did something, I still have to determine whether what I did was right for me and for everyone else. Then I have to commit to making better choices in the future. It is a constant learning experience, inexhaustible because I am still growing, changing, and learning.

Until I have truly figured myself out, I don't really have time for anyone else.

Answer 7

It's always the weird ones who are the most fascinating: Hitler, Genghis Khan, and Mao to name just a few. They were able to build a massive empire, but then as soon as they were gone the very nature and character of their acquisitions was changed and dissipated.

Answer 8

Napoleon, he had the best intentions for France, he just got carried away. He was a true leader, never before did a Emperor lead his soldiers in battle. He came from nothing, and did what he knew was right.

Answer 9

Jesus Christ

He lead a small band of people who have turned into millions upon millions 2000 years later.

Taught peace and caught the ire of the Roman government, and still did it.

Answer 10

Albert Einstein, a brilliant genius!