This picture was shared on Old Beirut today and shows Beirut covered in snow back in February 1920. Apparently there was an old saying for people who were born in that year in Beirut that says "خُلق فلان سنة التلجة".

I was reading an article about the 5 ancient acts of war that changed the face of the earth and the Great Alexander's siege of Tyre was mentioned among them, so I decided to dig deeper into it and it's a mind blowing story to say the least! In fact, I am surprised they haven't done a movie about that siege alone. So how did Alexander turn an Island Into a Peninsula? Tyre was one…