https://www.honeybadgerbrigade.com Nerds bite back! Mon, 08 Dec 2014 22:55:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://www.honeybadgerbrigade.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/cropped-badger_graphic-32x32.jpg https://www.honeybadgerbrigade.com 32 32 https://www.honeybadgerbrigade.com/2014/11/25/what-was-the-question/ https://www.honeybadgerbrigade.com/2014/11/25/what-was-the-question/#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2014 03:01:21 +0000 https://www.honeybadgerbrigade.com/?p=60873 Eighty year old Giles Corey, accused of witchcraft in 1692 after questioning the word of the girls behind Salem’s witch hysteria, protested his accusation and trial with silence. In an attempt to make him talk the court ordered him “pressed.” This meant he would be laid on his back with a board on his chest, and rocks piled on top of the board until he gave the answer they wanted, or the weight crushed his chest.…

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