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Ron Obvious

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45. I'm going to cheat and mention an animal anyway

Sat Mar 30, 2013, 03:41 PM

Mar 2013

The horse that threw Drusus Germanicus which lead to his death 2000 years ago. Had he lived, it's quite likely that Rome would have conquered Germany like they did Gaul.

Just imagine how different the world would have been today if that had happened. We might never have had WW1, WW2, or for that matter a space race. Hell, I wouldn't even be alive.

The threads of history are fascinating.

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Who is the most influential person in the history of being [View all] Trascoli Mar 2013 OP

whoever invented a means to hold fire DonCoquixote Mar 2013 #1

Gutenberg. napoleon_in_rags Mar 2013 #2

Or before that the Phoenecian guy who decided we needed an alphabet and writing. Squinch Mar 2013 #27

Jackie Gleason. Kurovski Mar 2013 #3

Gleason would be my pick too madokie Mar 2013 #20

That Gleason, Kurovski Mar 2013 #46

the cave person who invented the first diaper nt msongs Mar 2013 #4

Whoever invented the tampon. Control-Z Mar 2013 #7

Bing Crosby. He famously said "Everybody has an angle",like Ralph Nader taking the $$$$$ graham4anything Mar 2013 #5

The first anonymous women who played with grass and a stick Warpy Mar 2013 #6

Best answer! I had never thought of it that way. I would have said "fire," but as you point out patricia92243 Mar 2013 #30

Whoever threw the first stone RedCappedBandit Mar 2013 #8

Muhammad LittleBlue Mar 2013 #9

My giant book called "The 100" ranks Muhammad as #1. Gravitycollapse Mar 2013 #17

Hitler? sigmasix Mar 2013 #10

Alexander Flemming Niceguy1 Mar 2013 #11

Mavis Staples olddots Mar 2013 #12

NORMAN BORLAUG Cicada Mar 2013 #13

Perhaps the person or people who invented the wheel. LeftishBrit Mar 2013 #14

not going to be a popular answer BainsBane Mar 2013 #15

I'm an atheist, and I agree with you. mainer Mar 2013 #33

yep. I'm reading a bio of Charlemagne now elehhhhna Mar 2013 #40

Isaac Newton. Gravitycollapse Mar 2013 #16

Yep. That's my vote, too. DavidDvorkin Mar 2013 #38

I agree too! Paulie Mar 2013 #42

Alexander Fleming LuvNewcastle Mar 2013 #18

Dale Carnegie Orrex Mar 2013 #19

Influential in what way? UBEEDelusional Mar 2013 #21

Muhammad Ali...and he says so himself. VOX Mar 2013 #22

Descartes undeterred Mar 2013 #23

Descartes and the rise of mechanism. ananda Mar 2013 #24

Tim Berners-Lee. nt Comrade_McKenzie Mar 2013 #25

I think Robert Noyce had a far greater impact on how technology is used today. ( n/t ) Make7 Mar 2013 #39

Aristotle ... Newest Reality Mar 2013 #26

Einstein jessie04 Mar 2013 #28

Aristotle, without question alcibiades_mystery Mar 2013 #29

Elvis KG Mar 2013 #31

Socrates talkingmime Mar 2013 #32

Whoever was in charge of assembling the Biblical Canon. MineralMan Mar 2013 #34

I don't think there is one "most" influential person. LWolf Mar 2013 #35

Edward Bernays - and not to our betterment either 1-Old-Man Mar 2013 #36

I would say warrior1 Mar 2013 #37

Alexander the Great. bluedigger Mar 2013 #41

Charles Darwin.... Tikki Mar 2013 #43

Moon-Watcher ThoughtCriminal Mar 2013 #44

I'm going to cheat and mention an animal anyway Ron Obvious Mar 2013 #45

1) Napoleon 2) Darwin 3) Some Chinese guy I have never heard of cthulu2016 Mar 2013 #47

perhaps St. Paul -he pretty much built, systematized the Christian religion and created its theology Douglas Carpenter Mar 2013 #48

in the modern world -probably Marx and Freud -they fundamentally changed how people think about both Douglas Carpenter Mar 2013 #49