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Friends: I finally got to see the window where the (17th-century) Defenestration of Prague happened, which started the Thirty Years' War and gave English everyone's favorite word, "defenestration." #levelupnerds 
Since the video where I talk about "defenestration" is no longer online, some fun defenestration facts:
--basically, Catholic envoys were sent to tell the Prague Protestant leaders to stop building churches. This was not well-received! OUT THE WINDOW YOU GO. (1/x)
--basically, Catholic envoys were sent to tell the Prague Protestant leaders to stop building churches. This was not well-received! OUT THE WINDOW YOU GO. (1/x)
--All three envoys survived the fall. Catholics attributed their survival to a miracle; Protestants to the fact they fell in a giant manure pile. Physics tells us that they likely hit the gentle slope not far from the top of the toss and just rolled down it. (2/x)
