Prague settled political fights by throwing officials out windows
by Ellsworth Toohey from Boing Boing on (#779YV)

Three times in Prague's history, a political dispute ended with someone being thrown out a high window. It happened often enough that the English word "defenestrate" - to hurl someone from a window - entered the language describing the Defenestrations of Prague. - Read the rest
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