PYF Historical Fun Fact: (USER LOSETH POSTYNG PRIVILYGES FOR FOUR AND TWENTY HOURS)

The Something Awful Forums > Main > Post Your Favorite: Carefully Curated > PYF Historical Fun Fact: (USER LOSETH POSTYNG PRIVILYGES FOR FOUR AND TWENTY HOURS)

Frostwerks: Sep 24, 2007; by Lowtax

Hedningen posted:

One of the methods used to date the writing of Georg Stiernhielm, one of Sweden's earliest-recognized writers in the modernized form of the language, is by his handwriting. The reason we can do this is because he lost an arm in a bar fight. He went on to be the father of Swedish poetry.

Who loses an arm in a barfight.

# ¿ Nov 5, 2015 04:12

Adbot: ADBOT LOVES YOU

# ¿ May 3, 2024 06:33

Frostwerks: Sep 24, 2007; by Lowtax

twoday posted:

New Zealand is named after Zeeland, in the Netherlands.

Fun fact:

The Dutch navigator Abel Tasman discovered much of Australia on his voyage of exploration there in 1642. Captain Cook was the next known European to visit and discovered even more when he went there in 1769. According to Cook's records, he was referring to two Dutch sources at the time he made his voyage. What the second source was remains unclear, and we have no record of it, but they have recently found a Dutch wreck off the coast of New Zealand that seems to be undocumented, and may have been a part of the second expedition which Cook was referring to.

Not to be confused with Zealand in Denmark.

# ¿ Nov 7, 2015 04:57

Frostwerks: Sep 24, 2007; by Lowtax

Vindolanda posted:

Not only inhabited, but like many ancient structures it was used as a fortress by important families. There are relief panels from the outside bearing the marks of musket balls etc., and it was also used as a manufactory.

Along the theme of Ancient Rome, until the fascist period the Tiber would flood every now and again, filling the forum and low areas with silt. Because this built up after the decline of the western empire, many monuments are significantly better preserved at 20 feet above the present (and ancient) ground level. Some arches have been really knocked about by the axle bosses of early medieval carts.

Not just that but it is exceedingly likely that medieval Bologna looked preeeetttyyy close to this back in the day:

Maybe not as many but there were unquestionably scores of them and it's because they're good vantage points and projectile platforms and Italians do everything as a family including fight with other families.

# ¿ Nov 12, 2015 07:25

Frostwerks: Sep 24, 2007; by Lowtax

SeanBeansShako posted:

Frederick The Great won in the end, he got to play the flute all day surrounded by burly tall as hell Grenadiers. gently caress you dad indeed.

Was FtG the guy who had the mother of all comebacks, at least w/r/t conflicts on the continent in his era? Like snatching victory from the jaws of defeat despite being completely hosed on paper?

trickybiscuits posted:

Werner Herzog, who I won't shut up about, made a film about Chauvet Cave in which these footprints appear. Very worth watching.

He was responsible for the end of the High Middle Ages warm period in Europe? Monster.

I haven't seen it but there was an NPR or PRI talkshow that had Werner Herzog, Cormac McCarthy and some physicist on all at the same time and it was amazing. They also discuss this movie and this particular cave as well as the 3d effects and poo poo.

# ¿ Nov 15, 2015 07:22

The Something Awful Forums > Main > Post Your Favorite: Carefully Curated > PYF Historical Fun Fact: (USER LOSETH POSTYNG PRIVILYGES FOR FOUR AND TWENTY HOURS)