1. Global warming started when the first nuclear meltdown occured, and has continued regardless of any other non-nuclear related incidents or pollutants.
2. Population is constructed with food. The breeding habits of your populace are irrelevant.
3. You can receive a gift of the technology of Fishing, but you can't strike a deal for the technology of Fishing for 20 gold and the rest that the gold doesn't account for is perceived as a gift.
4. The effects of the Great Wall of China expand with the borders even though the wall itself may be a bit farther in.
5. The Egyptians invented monarchy, the republic, fascism, and democracy.
6. Military units are created with production (rather than training - gold), and when they are created, there is absolutely no impact on the population of the creator city.
7. Any nation could have built any wonder, it's just that if they didn't built it first, something would have made the leader think "it feels like someone else built this exact thing somewhere far away... ok, take it down and convert the stones to gold". (this one was slightly stolen from something I saw on these forums once)
8. (pre-BTS) Leaders had access to complete historical demographics information such as GNP, Production, and Military Power of ALL nations as soon as they met them.
9. Leaders at all times throughout history (even the stone age) had access to information about how much land and population their tribes/empires/nations had, to the hundreth of a percentage accurate.
10. Once you sign a peace treaty with another nation, there is an invisible force field preventing any military units of attempting to attack again, until the peace treaty is over.
11. If you station an army of troops just outside of a city belonging to a civilization with whom you have open borders, they are incapable of attacking directly... they must first magically transport outside of the borders before they can attack.
12. Although civilizations throughout history have been closer to each other due their shared civics, there has never been any contempt between civilizations for sharing opposite civics (other than refused demands) *cough* Communism *cough*.
13. All civilization started from 4000BC.
14. Catapults were not built just for taking down enemy fortifications, but also for attacking other units and causing collateral damage.
15. It is possible to have the technology and be capable to chop down trees, but be completely and utterly incapable of chopping down jungles.
16. It is possible to be able to use your money to upgrade a war elephant into a gunship, but to be unable to use your money to create a gunship directly.
17. Palaces are built instantaneously in the next best city once one is destroyed.
18. It is impossible to demolish your own buildings.
19. You have to be specially trained in order to use enemy roads.
20. If you close your eyes for a few seconds, a barbarian could appear in front of you.
21. Secret projects such as the construction of a spaceship to travel to Alpha Centauri aren't secret at all: after the successful completion of the construction of a spaceship part, the responsible leader alerts every other leader of his progress.
22. If you bribe a friend into declaring war against one of your enemies, they will instantly know that you are responsible. However, you will never be able to know if an enemy bribes someone to attack you... ever!
23. In the ancient era, it would take warriors 2000 years to move from one end of a continent to another, whereas nowadays, with the same terrain (no roads/railroads) it only would only take 20 years.
24. Enemies are more afraid of Jaguars than of Axemen.
25. Military units can quickly breed themselves some reinforcements, but they breed much more slowly while behind enemy lines.
26. Great Generals, when not acting as instructors or building military academies, would usually attach themselves to a single regiment. They seldom commanded large armies.
27. Leaders, Great People, Great Generals, and many others, can live for thousands of years.
28. A nation can benefit from strategic resources such as coal and oil, even if there are enemy troops in the mines, wells, and/or offshore platforms.
29. Flanking the enemy does not provide any offensive bonus, it simply increases the chances of withdrawing in case of failure.
30. Ambushing techniques haven't been invented until the modern era, and they are useless against infantry, artillery, and just about everything other than tanks.
31. Having weapons doesn't always mean that you can fight. For example, if you are a simple explorer, you may be able to defend yourself, but it is physically impossible for you to take the sword in your hand and move towards the enemy in an offensive fashion.
32. A city is incapable of building nothing.
33. Cottages, hamlets, villages, and town do not actually contribute to your poulation.
34. People were capable of communicating in writing long before they had created any alphabet.
35. Civilizations could have skipped entire eras (Theology Oracle slingshot).
36. Tin is exceptionally abundant throughout the world such that leaders of civilizations never had to even bother looking for it or even mining it.
37. A city built on grassland is exactly as productive as a city built on a desert.
38. It takes more time to raze a hamlet than to raze a city.
39. Although trees may be non-renewable and take a while to grow back, fossil fuels are endless and can never be exhausted.
40. If one of your slaves (i.e. vassal) does everything you ask him/her to do, you are physically incapable of attacking him/her.
Keep it coming folks!
2. Population is constructed with food. The breeding habits of your populace are irrelevant.
3. You can receive a gift of the technology of Fishing, but you can't strike a deal for the technology of Fishing for 20 gold and the rest that the gold doesn't account for is perceived as a gift.
4. The effects of the Great Wall of China expand with the borders even though the wall itself may be a bit farther in.
5. The Egyptians invented monarchy, the republic, fascism, and democracy.
6. Military units are created with production (rather than training - gold), and when they are created, there is absolutely no impact on the population of the creator city.
7. Any nation could have built any wonder, it's just that if they didn't built it first, something would have made the leader think "it feels like someone else built this exact thing somewhere far away... ok, take it down and convert the stones to gold". (this one was slightly stolen from something I saw on these forums once)
8. (pre-BTS) Leaders had access to complete historical demographics information such as GNP, Production, and Military Power of ALL nations as soon as they met them.
9. Leaders at all times throughout history (even the stone age) had access to information about how much land and population their tribes/empires/nations had, to the hundreth of a percentage accurate.
10. Once you sign a peace treaty with another nation, there is an invisible force field preventing any military units of attempting to attack again, until the peace treaty is over.
11. If you station an army of troops just outside of a city belonging to a civilization with whom you have open borders, they are incapable of attacking directly... they must first magically transport outside of the borders before they can attack.
12. Although civilizations throughout history have been closer to each other due their shared civics, there has never been any contempt between civilizations for sharing opposite civics (other than refused demands) *cough* Communism *cough*.
13. All civilization started from 4000BC.
14. Catapults were not built just for taking down enemy fortifications, but also for attacking other units and causing collateral damage.
15. It is possible to have the technology and be capable to chop down trees, but be completely and utterly incapable of chopping down jungles.
16. It is possible to be able to use your money to upgrade a war elephant into a gunship, but to be unable to use your money to create a gunship directly.
17. Palaces are built instantaneously in the next best city once one is destroyed.
18. It is impossible to demolish your own buildings.
19. You have to be specially trained in order to use enemy roads.
20. If you close your eyes for a few seconds, a barbarian could appear in front of you.
21. Secret projects such as the construction of a spaceship to travel to Alpha Centauri aren't secret at all: after the successful completion of the construction of a spaceship part, the responsible leader alerts every other leader of his progress.
22. If you bribe a friend into declaring war against one of your enemies, they will instantly know that you are responsible. However, you will never be able to know if an enemy bribes someone to attack you... ever!
23. In the ancient era, it would take warriors 2000 years to move from one end of a continent to another, whereas nowadays, with the same terrain (no roads/railroads) it only would only take 20 years.
24. Enemies are more afraid of Jaguars than of Axemen.
25. Military units can quickly breed themselves some reinforcements, but they breed much more slowly while behind enemy lines.
26. Great Generals, when not acting as instructors or building military academies, would usually attach themselves to a single regiment. They seldom commanded large armies.
27. Leaders, Great People, Great Generals, and many others, can live for thousands of years.
28. A nation can benefit from strategic resources such as coal and oil, even if there are enemy troops in the mines, wells, and/or offshore platforms.
29. Flanking the enemy does not provide any offensive bonus, it simply increases the chances of withdrawing in case of failure.
30. Ambushing techniques haven't been invented until the modern era, and they are useless against infantry, artillery, and just about everything other than tanks.
31. Having weapons doesn't always mean that you can fight. For example, if you are a simple explorer, you may be able to defend yourself, but it is physically impossible for you to take the sword in your hand and move towards the enemy in an offensive fashion.
32. A city is incapable of building nothing.
33. Cottages, hamlets, villages, and town do not actually contribute to your poulation.
34. People were capable of communicating in writing long before they had created any alphabet.
35. Civilizations could have skipped entire eras (Theology Oracle slingshot).
36. Tin is exceptionally abundant throughout the world such that leaders of civilizations never had to even bother looking for it or even mining it.
37. A city built on grassland is exactly as productive as a city built on a desert.
38. It takes more time to raze a hamlet than to raze a city.
39. Although trees may be non-renewable and take a while to grow back, fossil fuels are endless and can never be exhausted.
40. If one of your slaves (i.e. vassal) does everything you ask him/her to do, you are physically incapable of attacking him/her.
Keep it coming folks!
