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William Buckland (12 March 1784 – 14 August 1856) had two passions in life: Fossils and eating his way through the animal kingdom. After having started this diet he visited a church who claimed to have the bones of Saint Rosalia, he looked at the bones and determined them to be bones from a goat. Later he visited another church who said that their floor were stained by the blood of martyrs, Buckland immediately started to lick the stains came the conclusion that the floor were in fact stained by bat urine. Finally he was presented the heart of Louis XIV, he exclaimed 'I have eaten many strange things, but have never eaten the heart of a king before' before eating it. He died of tuberculosis but he had managed to pick a burial spot before he passed on. After he died it was discovered an outcrop of jurassic limestone just below the ground and the gravediggers had to use explosives to dig his grave.
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Alhazred posted:William Buckland (12 March 1784 – 14 August 1856) had two passions in life: Fossils and eating his way through the animal kingdom. After having started this diet he visited a church who claimed to have the bones of Saint Rosalia, he looked at the bones and determined them to be bones from a goat. Later he visited another church who said that their floor were stained by the blood of martyrs, Buckland immediately started to lick the stains came the conclusion that the floor were in fact stained by bat urine. Finally he was presented the heart of Louis XIV, he exclaimed 'I have eaten many strange things, but have never eaten the heart of a king before' before eating it. He died of tuberculosis but he had managed to pick a burial spot before he passed on. After he died it was discovered an outcrop of jurassic limestone just below the ground and the gravediggers had to use explosives to dig his grave. Limestone is full of fossils, isn’t it?
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Mar 8, 2018 20:18
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Grand Prize Winner posted:dang, I'd be 3 for 3 if i knew how to paint Spread the truth, brother!  
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System Metternich posted:Spread the truth, brother! I've heard Charlemagne was a 
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Mar 9, 2018 01:04
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Krankenstyle posted:Well today I learned the other meaning of facile! *taps forehead* can't die of blood diseases if you have no blood
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chitoryu12 posted:*taps forehead* can't die of blood diseases if you have no blood poo poo thats true Btw I came across this 1691 entry while looking for stuff re my family:  Paraphrase: "Doc Peder Jespersen enjoys tax freedom on 16 cartloads of flax yearly, etc" & "Mr. Muscles enjoys same freedom, etc" Mr. Muscles might be a dude surnamed Musling ~ "clam", idk but its funny anyway Carthag Tuek has a new favorite as of 03:01 on Mar 11, 2018 |
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Mar 10, 2018 23:56
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Fun fact: the collapse of the western empire was not very impactful for the common folk and it's fair to say that the "barbarian" kingdoms that followed continued the roman tradition.
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Mar 11, 2018 01:31
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Fun fact: The collapse of the empire had a massive effect, but it happened over centuries, not on a specific day in 476.
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Mar 11, 2018 01:39
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:for the common folk steinrokkan posted:over centuries
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Mar 11, 2018 01:43
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steinrokkan posted:Fun fact: The collapse of the empire had a massive effect, but it happened over centuries, not on a specific day in 476. You could make arguments that the Roman empire is still around; there's no one single "fall" and like every other empire it produced a bunch of successor states. For most common folks there probably wasn't much of a change in most collapses beyond "you pay taxes to this guy now." In some cases it was "the guy you pay taxes to pays taxes to somebody else so I guess just keep being farmers like whatever."
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Mar 11, 2018 01:44
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This is a semantic argument, the conditions were different for successive generations of common people, even if they were less observable by individuals.
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Mar 11, 2018 01:45
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You could argue that the main difference between Rome and China is that the empire long divided never united. It's not like China was a consistently unified state from 200BCE, nor was Rome perpetually under similar or singular governance.
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Mar 11, 2018 01:46
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Here is a good completely historically accurate song about Roman rule. https://youtu.be/VXej6mbOVqs
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steinrokkan posted:Fun fact: The collapse of the empire had a massive effect, but it happened over centuries, not on a specific day in 476. Fun fact: nobody gave a single poo poo about Romulus Augustulus. The Roman Empire was still around at the time and continued existing unchallenged for centuries, until Irene killed Constantine VI in 797 and the west (aka the Frankish kingdom and the Papacy) and the east (literally everybody else from Spain to China) parted ways. Even then, both still believed the Roman Empire was still around - Dante Alighieri, writing in the 1300s, has Justinian recount the history of the Empire in Paradise, and 476 passes without a mention. Then the Enlightenment rolls around and everybody starts jacking themselves raw over pre-Christian Rome, leading to Gibbon picking 476 as the Year That Rome Fell so he could mark the entire thousand years of the Empire that followed as nothing but degeneration. Byzantine has a new favorite as of 02:10 on Mar 11, 2018 |
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In ancient Egypt onions were holy. People were buried with them, they were offered to the gods and invoked when they made oaths.
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Mar 17, 2018 10:52
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Also in Ancient Egypt, cats were considered holy animals. Supposedly, during the period of Roman rule, an official who had accidentally caused the death of one was beaten to death by an enraged mob. Centuries later, when the population had been islamified, farmers would grind up cat mummies found in old tombs and use them as fertiliser.
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Mar 17, 2018 13:12
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Kopijeger posted:Also in Ancient Egypt, cats were considered holy animals. Supposedly, during the period of Roman rule, an official who had accidentally caused the death of one was beaten to death by an enraged mob. Centuries later, when the population had been islamified, farmers would grind up cat mummies found in old tombs and use them as fertiliser. But The Prophet, P.B.U.H., loved cats and once cut off the sleeve of his robe so as not to disturb a slumbering kitty.
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Mar 17, 2018 13:24
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Platystemon posted:But The Prophet, P.B.U.H., loved cats and once cut off the sleeve of his robe so as not to disturb a slumbering kitty. there was some ancient Chinese emperor who did that so as not to disturb his sleeping boyfriend
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Mar 17, 2018 20:55
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Came across this drawing in the name index to some "small claims court" protocols (1830s). Next to the soldier's foot is the word "Accordance" lol
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Alhazred posted:William Buckland (12 March 1784 – 14 August 1856) had two passions in life: Fossils and eating his way through the animal kingdom. After having started this diet he visited a church who claimed to have the bones of Saint Rosalia, he looked at the bones and determined them to be bones from a goat. Later he visited another church who said that their floor were stained by the blood of martyrs, Buckland immediately started to lick the stains came the conclusion that the floor were in fact stained by bat urine. Finally he was presented the heart of Louis XIV, he exclaimed 'I have eaten many strange things, but have never eaten the heart of a king before' before eating it. He died of tuberculosis but he had managed to pick a burial spot before he passed on. After he died it was discovered an outcrop of jurassic limestone just below the ground and the gravediggers had to use explosives to dig his grave. Darwin was also known for trying to eat his way through the animal kingdom. From the Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2003/mar/09/foodanddrink.features15): quote:Darwin was an unusual gourmet. He had a distinctly scientific approach to eating and was never more satisfied than when digesting the rarest species known to the palate.
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Mar 21, 2018 17:14
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Afriscipio posted:Darwin was also known for trying to eat his way through the animal kingdom. You also Tarrare who would eat anything.
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Mar 21, 2018 18:35
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Alhazred posted:You also Tarrare who would eat anything. quote:After being suspected of eating a toddler he was ejected from the hospital. kinda buried the lede there, wikipedia
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Mar 21, 2018 21:19
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Alhazred posted:You also Tarrare who would eat anything. Jesus Christ
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verbal enema posted:Jesus Christ Yes, you can assume that as a Frenchman in the 1700s, he was Catholic.
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Mar 22, 2018 03:50
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Platystemon posted:But The Prophet, P.B.U.H., loved cats and once cut off the sleeve of his robe so as not to disturb a slumbering kitty. One of Muhammad's companions was so well known for his love of cats that his nickname was 'Abu Hurayrah', 'the father of kittens'. His actual name is subject to dispute... so a fair number of the hadith (accounts) of the Prophet's words and actions are essentially attributed to "You know, that guy with all the cats!"
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Hedningen posted:Yes, you can assume that as a Frenchman in the 1700s, he was Catholic. I thought I read somewhere that a lot of Tarrare stuff is kinda hearsay and he was probably just a regular dude with a weird appetite. Like he didn't actually run around eating garbage cans full of intestines, or fight dogs over roadkill, or eat a toddler, but may have stole and snuck food and whatnot. edit: Then again, there was this guy too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Domery Maybe it was just how people were back then? Solice Kirsk has a new favorite as of 01:30 on Mar 23, 2018 |
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Maybe he was from their Florida.
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Under Louis XIV, Versailles was the site of nearly constant dinners, feasts, parties and so on. Enormous amounts of food were prepared for these soirees. But instead of going to waste, leftover food was either given or sold to some local peasants, who set up food booths outside the chateau. So for less than the cost of home cooking, you could pick up remains from a Royal feast and eat in style.
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Khazar-khum posted:Under Louis XIV, Versailles was the site of nearly constant dinners, feasts, parties and so on. Enormous amounts of food were prepared for these soirees. But instead of going to waste, leftover food was either given or sold to some local peasants, who set up food booths outside the chateau. So for less than the cost of home cooking, you could pick up remains from a Royal feast and eat in style.
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Mar 23, 2018 13:26
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London has rented a couple of properties from The Crown since the 13th century. Nobody knows where they are, but the city still pays rent annually of: a sharp axe, a dull knife, six large horseshoes, and sixty one nails. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/london-is-still-paying-rent-to-the-queen-on-a-property-leased-in-1211
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Nth Doctor posted:London has rented a couple of properties from The Crown since the 13th century. Nobody knows where they are, but the city still pays rent annually of: a sharp axe, a dull knife, six large horseshoes, and sixty one nails. I bet the guy who haggled the 61st nail out of London felt really smug about his negotiating skills
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Nth Doctor posted:London has rented a couple of properties from The Crown since the 13th century. Nobody knows where they are, but the city still pays rent annually of: a sharp axe, a dull knife, six large horseshoes, and sixty one nails. Ok ok yeah but what about the guy whose rent is that he has to fight anyone the king wants him to
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Nth Doctor posted:London has rented a couple of properties from The Crown since the 13th century. Nobody knows where they are, but the city still pays rent annually of: a sharp axe, a dull knife, six large horseshoes, and sixty one nails. I know that Gormenghast is British as gently caress but didn't know it was a documentary.
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Straight White Shark posted:I bet the guy who haggled the 61st nail out of London felt really smug about his negotiating skills If you look at how English currency worked, it was probably the equivalent to a shilling or something.
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Mar 23, 2018 17:37
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I've always wondered what the Queen actually does with all that poo poo in the modern era.
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mojo1701a posted:If you look at how English currency worked, it was probably the equivalent to a shilling or something. Seven and a half groats, actually.
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Elyv posted:I've always wondered what the Queen actually does with all that poo poo in the modern era. The royal family owns both land and horses so I imagine the tools and nails would go to some groundkeeper and the horse shoes would just go to the stables. A billhook, an axe and some nails are all still useful if you're maintaining some sprawling country estate.
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Mar 23, 2018 18:01
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Phy posted:Ok ok yeah but what about the guy whose rent is that he has to fight anyone the king wants him to i would 100% abuse that if i were royalty. "as your rent you must fight boris johnson until he pees his pants in fear"
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Mar 23, 2018 20:20
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Mycroft Holmes posted:i would 100% abuse that if i were royalty. Hell I'd pay for a chance to do that
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Solice Kirsk posted:I thought I read somewhere that a lot of Tarrare stuff is kinda hearsay and he was probably just a regular dude with a weird appetite. Like he didn't actually run around eating garbage cans full of intestines, or fight dogs over roadkill, or eat a toddler, but may have stole and snuck food and whatnot. Yeah, I’m not commenting on authenticity, just making a terrible joke. As it was indicated that Tararre would eat anything, the immediate response of “Jesus Christ” was then, in a failed attempt at pithy humor, deliberately misinterpreted as a question and linked with the Catholic belief of transubstantiation to indicate that yes, it is likely that he had eaten Jesus Christ according to those circumstances.
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