Education of the Mind: TIL in 1910 a group of pranksters including Virginia Woolf, disguised themselves as members of the Ethiopian Royal Family and were given a tour of the HMS Dreadnought. The Royal Navy didn't have an Abyssinian Flag so instead flew the flag of Zanzibar and played Zanzibar's National Anthem for them.

Saturday, July 15, 2017

TIL in 1910 a group of pranksters including Virginia Woolf, disguised themselves as members of the Ethiopian Royal Family and were given a tour of the HMS Dreadnought. The Royal Navy didn't have an Abyssinian Flag so instead flew the flag of Zanzibar and played Zanzibar's National Anthem for them.

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