Comments on: What a way to go: antiquity edition http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10002 Feel Smart Again Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:59:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: stuart http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10002/comment-page-1#comment-38627 stuart Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:49:45 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10002#comment-38627 Too contemporary for this club I suppose. Too contemporary for this club I suppose.

]]> By: Stuart http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10002/comment-page-1#comment-38626 Stuart Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:46:46 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10002#comment-38626 What, no Catherine the Great? What, no Catherine the Great?

]]> By: Iris http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10002/comment-page-1#comment-38500 Iris Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:18:25 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10002#comment-38500 The Greek philosopher Empedocles was said to have jumped into a volcano in an attempt to prove he was immortal. He wasn't. The Greek philosopher Empedocles was said to have jumped into a volcano in an attempt to prove he was immortal. He wasn’t.

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