I write about history, mythology and philosophy. Hopefully it entertains someone :)
➡️In other news: Hello everyone! I post about history, mythology and occasionally philosophy.
Because it's fun😄
Nice to meet you all!
#history #mythology #philosophy
In 17th c. France, clean was defined by dictionary as synonymous with the Latin 'ornatus' = ornate.
Cleanliness therefore wasn't the absence of dirt, but the presence of elegance!
#linguistics #history
In 17th c. France, clean was defined by dictionary as synonymous with the Latin 'ornatus' = ornate.
Cleanliness therefore wasn't the absence of dirt, but the presence of elegance!
#linguistics #history
The Wood's Cycad (Encephalartos woodii), cannot be found in the wild.
It was found in 1895 & 2 original trunks can still be viewed in the Durban Botanic Garden!
No other specimen was found & the known one can't naturally reproduce alone.
The Wood's Cycad (Encephalartos woodii), cannot be found in the wild.
It was found in 1895 & 2 original trunks can still be viewed in the Durban Botanic Garden!
No other specimen was found & the known one can't naturally reproduce alone.
In 1990, 2 policemen corresponded to a call at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston...in which they subdued the guards, & stole 13 irreplaceable works of #art.
The robbery took 81 min & had a value of $600 mil.
On 07 Dec. 1703, the British Isles were battered by a Cat 2 #Hurricane. Some 10k people died.
Queen Anne had to shelter, & 4k great oaks were uprooted.
Some windmills were driven so fast that they caught fire!
On 07 Dec. 1703, the British Isles were battered by a Cat 2 #Hurricane. Some 10k people died.
Queen Anne had to shelter, & 4k great oaks were uprooted.
Some windmills were driven so fast that they caught fire!
A remarkable discovery in Worcestershire: 1,368 Roman and Iron Age coins, including the largest collection from Nero's reign, have been unearthed. 🏺✨ #History #Archaeology
www.bbc.com/news/article...
A remarkable discovery in Worcestershire: 1,368 Roman and Iron Age coins, including the largest collection from Nero's reign, have been unearthed. 🏺✨ #History #Archaeology
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Peder Jönsson was promised luck if he slept with a water spirit.
It was his wife who brought the case to court.
He was the only confirmed person executed for the crime.
#mythology #history
Peder Jönsson was promised luck if he slept with a water spirit.
It was his wife who brought the case to court.
He was the only confirmed person executed for the crime.
#mythology #history
The Nordics have published info for their citizens, Poland (& soon Germany) has made building bunkers with new homes mandatory.
Are you concerned?
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
The Nordics have published info for their citizens, Poland (& soon Germany) has made building bunkers with new homes mandatory.
Are you concerned?
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
The last king of Media, Astyages, had a dream of his daughter Mandane urinating so much that it flooded his cities.
Then he dreamed again of her having a vine grow from her back, enveloping all of Asia.
🧵
The last king of Media, Astyages, had a dream of his daughter Mandane urinating so much that it flooded his cities.
Then he dreamed again of her having a vine grow from her back, enveloping all of Asia.
🧵
He came to power at 14 & forced the senators to worship him.
He married & divorced 5x. He also had 2 male lovers & was transgender. He prostituted himself too.
He was assassinated at age 18.
#ancientrome #history #lgbtq
He came to power at 14 & forced the senators to worship him.
He married & divorced 5x. He also had 2 male lovers & was transgender. He prostituted himself too.
He was assassinated at age 18.
#ancientrome #history #lgbtq
➡️In other news: Hello everyone! I post about history, mythology and occasionally philosophy.
Because it's fun😄
Nice to meet you all!
#history #mythology #philosophy
➡️In other news: Hello everyone! I post about history, mythology and occasionally philosophy.
Because it's fun😄
Nice to meet you all!
#history #mythology #philosophy