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history of horseback riding

mongol scout: yeah here are those animals i was talking about

horse: trips on a rock and breaks a leg, dying of shock

horse: runs into somebody, killing them instantly

horse: eats a bird straight out of the air

genghis khan: *through tears* absolutely beautiful. incredible. i want to sit on one and use them to conquer half of the entire world’s known landmass

Fun Fact:

It turns out Genghis Khan, former Khagan of the Mongol Empire, may have done some good for the planet...

He did more to combat global warming than any of us ever will. Between 1162 and 1227, Genghis Khan and his Mongolian armies conquered around 22% of the Earth's surface, killing as many as 40 million people. But he also cut 700 million tons of carbon emissions while doing so. By lowering the population of the world by as much as 10%, he allowed huge portions of cultivated farmland to return to their natural forested state and absorb carbon from the atmosphere.