比利时的陆军大尉阿鲁贝鲁·波利斯借助日历征服了一个部落,挽救了20名部下的生命。 1905年2月18日,进驻非洲的波利斯大尉与20名部下被当地的吃人人种的酋长捕获,生命危在旦夕。在与决定命运的酋长见面之前,大尉无意中翻开日历,从里面的记录中得知当晚8点开始出现月食。大尉想起少年时代自己曾从书中看到过,1503年出现的月食挽救了驶往新世界的第4次航海途中的哥伦布及其部下的生命,于是决定自己也效仿这一故事试试。大尉将酋长的儿子叫来说:“如果你的父亲敢对我们下毒手,我只要一挥手,就叫你 Belgian Lieutenant Arubeiro Polis conquered a tribe by calendar and saved 20 men. On February 18, 1905, Captain Polis and his subordinates who were stationed in Africa were captured by local cannibal chiefs and their lives were on the verge of death. Before meeting the chieftain who decided the fate, the captain accidentally opened the calendar and learned from the records that the eclipse started at 8:00 that evening. The Captain remembered that he had seen it in his own time in his childhood. The eclipse in 1503, which saved Columbus and his men living on the fourth voyage to the New World, decided to follow the example. The captain called the chief’s son: "If your father dares to poison us, I just waved and called you