The Queue: Historical figure

Apparently when someone mentions a pop star in a Queue intro, we get 200 comments in which people pretend they're too cool to know about said pop star or talk about how much they hate said pop star, rather than questions about World of Warcraft. So I'm gonna go ahead and nip that trend right in the bud by giving you the polar opposite of that intro.
Here's a historical figure you probably can't name, or if you can name him, you don't know anything about him besides his name and his title. If you do, good for you. I don't care. Ask me World of Warcraft questions.
Mary asked:
Will the Valentine's Day bosses be dropping Cata-level epics this year, or will it still be the same old Wrath stuff?
Probably not epics, but there are some level 85 blues on Wowhead that look like they'll be dropping off of the Love is in the Air bosses.
Arcsire asked:
So I was questing through Uldum the other day, and something struck me as odd. In on of the first few cutscenes in the zone, you witness a djinn (whose name escapes me) remove the Curse of Flesh from the Neferset. Now, unless I'm missing something, aren't the djinn servants of Al'Akir, and by extension of the Old Gods? Why would the Old Gods want any part of their army to be less vulnerable to their corruption?
Well, they can't be that much less vulnerable -- after all, they got afflicted by the curse in the first place, didn't they? Besides, stone catdudes are much more durable than fleshy catdudes.
Daan.leijen asked:
Does anyone have a clue as to where Ghostcrawler wandered off to? Haven't seen him post in days.
It's been much longer than days. The developers have been largely hands off where the new forums are concerned; GC hasn't really posted all since the changeover. For a while, it seemed like he would be doing regular blogs, like the ones he did about healing and tanking, but after how poorly received his "Wow! Dungeons are Hard!" post was, I'm suspecting it'll be a while before we hear from him again. I'd like to be proven wrong, though.
Chris asked:
With all the class changes coming in Patch 4.0.6, are the talent points getting reset for all classes?
Unlikely. In previous patches, only classes with extensive talent reworks got their talent points reset. It doesn't appear that there are enough fundamental changes for most classes to warrant resets.
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Reader Comments (Page 2 of 11)
Halimain Feb 4th 2011 7:01PM
The kid from Home Improvement?
He looks old now.
Maccabeus Feb 4th 2011 3:57PM
Nerf Taylor, buff Perry, Farragut is fine.
Deathknighty Feb 4th 2011 4:46PM
/British person is confused!!!
ATechRevolution Feb 4th 2011 5:45PM
@jrblackyr
... I was thinking a blue police box, but sure, gold plated slot machine/Maytag dryer works too.
=].
Cambro Feb 4th 2011 8:32PM
I didn't see it mentioned, but William Henry Harrison not only holds the record for having the shortest term in office (one month)...he also holds the record for the longest inauguration speech, about 2 hours I believe. Which he gave in the rain, thus catching pneumonia and leading to his early demise.
Eatz Feb 5th 2011 5:26PM
taken from the wiki on him.
On March 26, Harrison became ill with a cold. According to the prevailing medical misconception of that time, it was believed that his illness was directly caused by the bad weather. Modern studies have shown that exposure to adverse weather does not cause respiratory illnesses, and Harrison had become ill more than three weeks after the inauguration.[65]
lazearian Feb 4th 2011 11:07AM
How do magnets work?
Drecin Feb 4th 2011 7:19PM
A mage did it
Jamie Feb 4th 2011 12:40PM
Magnets work by the process of tiny microscopic black creatures called magnites who have vary roles to play depending on which side of the magnet they are on.
Magnites on the left side of the magnet have exceptional hearing which enables them to listen out for magnites on the right side.
As you can probably figure magnites on the right side shout over to other magnites on other magnets. The force of their shouting is powerful enough to repel other right sided magnites on other magnets. Hence why to magnets can never be joined together. As for the left side they have huge ears as I've already discussed the ears may never touch otherwise the world will emplode. To avoid such a situation dinosaurs used a powerful spell to ward off such an event. This in turn killed off the dinosaurs much like how Magni Bronzebeard tried to save Ironforge.
The magnites on the bottom have tiny feet to move the magnet towards other magnets should the left sided magnites direct them to do so.
The top magnites chill out and generally shoot some breeze. Everyone wants to be a top magnite...
So there you have it. That's how magnets work!
I'd have wrote more but I'm on the train home from work on my iPhone.
Obeyfez Feb 4th 2011 12:55PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMFPe-DwULM
That's the best answer you'll ever get to that question.
Snailzilla Feb 4th 2011 12:57PM
Their function seems to be to not disappear from your backpack when the quest is delivered.
Kurtis Feb 4th 2011 5:01PM
Jamie, you forgot the part where you put them too close to an electronic device and they ca#9$4%&(*&@ []p 5- 90we
* CARRIER LOST *
Junionn Feb 4th 2011 11:06AM
Klaus Benedict Fitzgibbon Brown
Ez Feb 4th 2011 11:07AM
Confirmed.http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=slv8-msgr&va=zachary+taylor%5C
Canth Feb 4th 2011 12:46PM
Google Goggles FTW.
Took a picture of the image, and it returned me with full images, books etc.
Zachary Taylor, 12th president.
If you haven't got Goggles, get it now. Trivia will never be obscure to you anymore.
jfofla Feb 4th 2011 11:07AM
Is it Lady Ga Ga?
Sedna Feb 4th 2011 11:09AM
Not yet, but give it time.
Rai Feb 4th 2011 11:08AM
Garrosh Hellscream, fifty years from now.
Siaperas Feb 4th 2011 12:21PM
In the World of Warcraft version 15.0.1, Garrosh is afflicted by the most devious curse the Old Gods have devised yet....the curse of the politician.
Azurite Feb 4th 2011 11:09AM
Do you think Zachary Taylor would've liked World of Warcraft?