Information association...

[Hedgehog Instigator]

I love picture association and word association, so why not do what the autistic mind does best and associate information.

You list a fact that the last fact reminded you of.

I'll start: iron is what makes amethyst purple.

 

[Rocco]

Purple was a symbol of royalty.

 

[Cinnamon115]

Purple was so expensive to make that only royals could afford it, which is why it's a symbol of royalty.

 

[Rocco]

Crushed shells are now mostly used for drive ways, aquarium substrate. Purple dye and paint can now be made synthetically and are essentially the same price as other colors.
2 facts sorry

 

[Cinnamon115]

Shells were once used as currency in some cultures.

 

[Hedgehog Instigator]

The word monetary comes from Athena Moneta.

 

[tree]

Athens is a city in Greece and I still remember that
for the World History exam in 10th grade I memorized
locations on the map as: Melos & Delos, and Doris &
Rhodes; Meander, Ionia, Lydia & Troy. Hellespont,
Propontis and Thrace.

 

[Hedgehog Instigator]

There is an Ionia and a Troy Michigan

 

[tree]

Hell, too. [Charlotte, also, but that doesn't fit the 'Greek/Michigan' theme.]

 

[Hedgehog Instigator]

There is a Sparta, Romulus, Remus, and Hesperia.

 

[tree]

Romulus & Remus were raised by wolves;Tarzan spent time with apes.

 

[Vinca]

Remus is the name of a character who featured in some of the Harry Potter books.

 

[tree]

Uncle Remus was the main character in a Disney movie
that seems to be 'incorrect' now. Uncle Remus stories
were very hard for me to read when I was 10 because
I didn't understand the phonetic spelling of the accent/
dialect.

 

[nosouvenirs]

Pocahontas was the main character in a Disney movie that is recognized to be historically inaccurate now, including that Pocahontas was actually 12 years old when she met John Smith.

 

[tree]

A girl 12 years old can be legally married
in Massachusetts with either parental or
judicial consent.

 

[nosouvenirs]

Conservative Islamic law dictates that a girl may be married once she turns 9 years old.

 

[Cinnamon115]

King Henry II of England's son Henry married when he was 5 years old. His bride, Margaret, was 2.

 

[tree]

When we were 12, all the girls I knew
were fascinated & appalled by the story
of the Peruvian girl who gave birth at
the age of 5.

 

[Vinca]

12-5=7

 

[tree]

7 days of the week
7 wonders of the ancient world
7 deadly sins
Snow White kept house for the 7 Dwarves.