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bony tony posted:Leave a Finn alone in a room, eventually he'll fight himself. Are we talking about Finns or Feegles
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Free Market Mambo posted:I speak Finland-Swedish with an American accent. When I go to Stockholm they treat me like a very special boy. That's, uh... That's not because of the accent.
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Are we talking about Finns or Feegles Yes.
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I remember hearing about some British guy a couple hundred years ago IIRC who was both freaky strong and like a very accomplished walker. Like he covered huge distances walking and could lift a guy up one handed from a standing position sort of thing. I cannot remotely figure anything out via google though.
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Milo and POTUS posted:I remember hearing about some British guy a couple hundred years ago IIRC who was both freaky strong and like a very accomplished walker. Like he covered huge distances walking and could lift a guy up one handed from a standing position sort of thing. I cannot remotely figure anything out via google though. there's a fella called Tarrare. Not exactly the same problem (he literally ate everything always), but maybe it'll cause a bell to ring somewhere?
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Sep 23, 2018 08:22
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Daniel Lambert maybe? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Lambert quote:Although by his own account Lambert did not eat unusually large amounts of food, at about the time of his return to Leicester his weight began to increase steadily, and by 1793, he weighed 32 stone (450 lb; 200 kg).[5] Concerned for his fitness, in his spare time he devoted himself to exercise, building his strength to the point where he was able to easily carry five long hundredweight (560 lb; 250 kg).[10] On one occasion, while he was watching a dancing bear on display in Blue Boar Lane, his dog slipped loose and bit it. The bear knocked the dog to the ground, and Lambert asked its keeper to restrain it so he could retrieve his wounded animal, but the keeper removed the bear's muzzle so it could attack the dog.[10] Lambert reportedly struck the bear with a pole and with his left hand, punched its head, knocking it to the ground to allow the dog to escape. quote:Sensitive about his weight, Daniel Lambert refused to allow himself to be weighed, but sometime around 1805, some friends persuaded him to come with them to a cock fight in Loughborough. Once he had squeezed his way into their carriage, the rest of the party drove the carriage onto a large scale and jumped out. quote:all those who knew Lambert agreed that he was highly intelligent, was extremely strong physically, and, except for erysipelas and venous insufficiency (varicose veins) in his legs, did not suffer from any health problems.
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Sep 23, 2018 08:47
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Think it was one of these guys https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Barclay_Allardice The whole family was apparently strong. I'm not entirely sure if the Tarrare guy is loving with me though.
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The first flush toilets that were installed on Continental Europe were installed in Oslo (then Kristiania ), Norway in 1859. The lucky owner was a bankier named Nicolai August Andresen. In 1904 only 32 out of 7 257 houses in Oslo had flust toilets and in 2002 twenty communal apartments still had outhouses. Today there's still one nightman in Oslo who empties outhouses, primarily in the rural areas.
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Sep 25, 2018 18:55
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I love these weird 18th and 19th century eccentrics so much.
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Sep 25, 2018 19:18
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The fighter of the dayman who fills them.
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Speaking of tall people, in 19th century France, some freakishly large bones were discovered in a Bronze Age burial site, and it was estimated based on the size of the bones in proportion to the rest of the body that the person they belonged to would have been roughly 3.5 metres tall, or over 11 feet (for comparison, the tallest ever verified person, Robert Wadlow, was 2.72m at his peak). This of course would've been well after the emergence of modern man so for all we know, they may very well have belonged to the tallest human being to ever have lived. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_of_Castelnau
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Catboy Autonomist posted:Speaking of tall people, in 19th century France, some freakishly large bones were discovered in a Bronze Age burial site, and it was estimated based on the size of the bones in proportion to the rest of the body that the person they belonged to would have been roughly 3.5 metres tall, or over 11 feet (for comparison, the tallest ever verified person, Robert Wadlow, was 2.72m at his peak). This of course would've been well after the emergence of modern man so for all we know, they may very well have belonged to the tallest human being to ever have lived. From what I remember apparently there were dozens of cases during the 19th century of giant skeletons being found, but for whatever reason they always ended up being lost or destroyed
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^^^^^^^This. Just as likely to be miss identified mega fauna bones that some how got into the barrow. At Parc Cwm Neolithic chambered tomb on the Gower, South Wales ice age animal bones are mixed in with the contemporary human ones. This is most likely due to the human remains being left in nearby Cathole Cove to deflesh and the earlier animal bones being collected with them for later burial. See also how much like a cyclops skull a mammoth or elephant one looks like with the tusks removed. E: to not entirely be a party pooper, there are iirc a series of Iron Age rich/chiefly burials in France that have skeletons of over 6' and up to 7' (though I'm not recalling their names..) Literal "big men" as local big men. EmptyVessel has a new favorite as of 23:44 on Sep 25, 2018 |
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Sep 25, 2018 23:41
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Fredrik William I of Prussia frantically pushes his way to the front of the thread and gasps "did somebody say... big men?"
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Sep 26, 2018 06:40
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C.M. Kruger posted:Fredrik William I of Prussia frantically pushes his way to the front of the thread and gasps "did somebody say... big men?" historys most prolific kidnapper of large dudes he made them parade through his bedchambers
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Sep 26, 2018 07:23
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C.M. Kruger posted:Fredrik William I of Prussia frantically pushes his way to the front of the thread and gasps "did somebody say... big men?" Augustus the Strong throws a fox at him
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Alhazred posted:The first flush toilets that were installed on Continental Europe were installed in Oslo (then Kristiania ), Norway in 1859. The lucky owner was a bankier named Nicolai August Andresen. In 1904 only 32 out of 7 257 houses in Oslo had flust toilets and in 2002 twenty communal apartments still had outhouses. Today there's still one nightman in Oslo who empties outhouses, primarily in the rural areas. The first indoor toilet in Edinburgh was installed directly in full view from the house door, so that the owner could sit on his throne and gloat at the passersby. EDIT: At least according to the historic tour to the Edinburgh under the streets -tour guide.
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Sep 26, 2018 19:50
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Der Kyhe posted:The first indoor toilet in Edinburgh was installed directly in full view from the house door, so that the owner could sit on his throne and gloat at the passersby. Whether or not it's true, it should be standard practice to this day.
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:Whether or not it's true, it should be standard practice to this day. Doo doo doo, lookin' out my front door
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Sep 26, 2018 23:26
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One way mirror, looking in.
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Sep 27, 2018 02:33
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When councils in the UK told residents of council houses that they were installing indoor toilets for them, the first question was usually, "isn't that a bit unhygenic?". Also, we use the word "dustbin" because people would traditionally burn their rubbish either in their backyard/garden/back alley and scoop the dust into a metal bucket. Hence why we mostly continue to call the council workers who pick up the bins, "dustmen". I've heard younger people call them "rubbish men" but thankfully "waste service operator" hasn't caught on yet.
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Sep 27, 2018 03:25
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duckmaster posted:When councils in the UK told residents of council houses that they were installing indoor toilets for them, the first question was usually, "isn't that a bit unhygenic?". Trash man. Dustbin is a little trashcan that gets small stuff that might be in the bathroom or a bedroom that maybe gets some paper towels/tissues and qtips, but not the main on in the kitchen. That's the trash can.
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Sep 27, 2018 03:52
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duckmaster posted:I've heard younger people call them "rubbish men" but thankfully "waste service operator" hasn't caught on yet. "Scullery Technician" Dish Washer "Transparent Surface Manager" Window Washer
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Sep 27, 2018 05:33
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Fun fact: the word fizzle actually meant to fart quietly back in the middle ages. So if something "fizzles out", it means it ends in a slow quiet fart.
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Sep 27, 2018 05:47
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Solice Kirsk posted:Fun fact: the word fizzle actually meant to fart quietly back in the middle ages. So if something "fizzles out", it means it ends in a slow quiet fart. this reminds me of my life.
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This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a slow quiet fart E: I just remembered the clathrate gun hypothesis and now I'm sad and scared
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Sep 27, 2018 06:15
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Is the Angry Samoans song true. Did they save Hitlers cock?
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Sep 27, 2018 08:07
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ChocNitty posted:Is the Angry Samoans song true. Did they save Hitlers cock? No idea about Hitler's, but I do know that Rasputin's is preserved and it's rather apparent why he was Russia's Greatest Love Machine
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The Russians claimed to have it for a long time but recent tests have shown Hitler's cock actually belonged to a woman between 20 and 40 years old.
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Sep 27, 2018 09:29
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Phy posted:This is the way the world ends
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The Mighty Moltres posted:"Scullery Technician" Years ago, my dad was on the exec board at a hospital. My brother got a summer job washing dishes there one year, where he was jokingly given the title 'Director of Post-Catering Hygiene Services'. re: Trash collectors in Britain, I don't hear 'dustmen' often these days though it was popular growing up. Everyone I know says 'binmen' . There was of course the number one song in 1960, 'My Old Man's A Dustman' which is one of the most British things ever quote:Now here's a little story
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drrockso20 posted:No idea about Hitler's, but I do know that Rasputin's is preserved and it's rather apparent why he was Russia's Greatest Love Machine That one’s pretty likely a fake
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Ugly In The Morning posted:That one’s pretty likely a fake More anti-Russian Bellingcat propaganda
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Ugly In The Morning posted:That one’s pretty likely a fake I'm not even going to look this up. It's a dried animal dick, isn't it? Makes sense in that it's Russia. The Solovetsky Islands had some neat poo poo going on before getting turned into a prison camp. Not only was it among the very northernmost self-sufficient communities, with root-crops and fish farms for food, they also made cash by manufacturing ikons, reproducing religious texts by hand (continuing well into the print era), and producing prosthetic genitalia.
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Sep 27, 2018 12:52
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It’s a little known fact that Hitler actually had two balls.
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madeintaipei posted:I'm not even going to look this up. It's a dried animal dick, isn't it? Yeah, probably a horse’s. They burned Rasputin’s body pretty quickly after his death, I doubt preserving his dick was a priority.
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Ugly In The Morning posted:Yeah, probably a horse’s. I thought they threw him in an icy river. So that dick is even more impressive when you consider the shrinkage factor.
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Sep 27, 2018 15:21
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Is the unkillable Rasputin story confirmable/true? I really want it to be
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Probably not. I think they made it up so it didn't sound like they shot a guy in the back of the head while he was eating candy.
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Solice Kirsk posted:Probably not. I think they made it up so it didn't sound like they shot a guy in the back of the head while he was eating candy. There is a theory that Russia pushed for a while which said that Rasputin was killed with a British revolver, probably by a British military intelligence agent at the Russian court. Russia (or the Soviet Union, can’t remember the date but it was after 1960-ish) was doing a whole “look at the perfidious British spy interfering in our internal affairs” thing, until somebody mentioned “James Bond” and that people outside Russia rather liked the idea of British spies all over the place.
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