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Ryan
@ryanfmason
I saw the Hindu deity/monster word “naga” and thought I wonder if that’s related to a proto Indo-European word for snake This is apparently contested, with more etymologists considering it NOT to be cognate, although sarpa (Sanskrit) and serpent are cognate
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Kazi
@kazi
gm interesting phenomenon
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kenny 🎩
@kenny
one of my favorite segments from Hardcore History (and I've listened to a lot of Hardcore History) is Dan talking about the way that the German government transported Lenin into Russia via a high-security train like he was a nuclear weapon
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azb (on Faгcasteг)
@azbest
“Einmal ist keinmal. What happens but once might as well not have happened at all.”
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meluhian
@meluhian.eth
Many of Hampi’s temples, walls, and gateways were built using interlocking granite blocks no cement or binding material at all. The stones fit together so precisely that they’ve survived over 700 years of weather and earthquakes. # Hampi was capital of mighty Vijayanagara empire in south India
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azb (on Faгcasteг)
@azbest
Ubi sunt qui ante nos fuerunt, fren? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGl-8Vf0koE
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kingd.eth
@duaneking
Babylonian Clay Tablets, c. 1800–1600 BC Yale Babylonian Collection YBC 7290 A student scribe’s exercise recording the area of a designated trapezoid YBC 7290 (reverse) A diagram of a trapezoid devoid of numerical text YBC 11120 A diagram of a circle and the computation of its area
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Ryan
@ryanfmason
Marcus Agrippa has to be the most underrated wingman of all time Imagine solidifying your buddy’s military dominance over the entire Mediterranean and then marrying his daughter in order to give him male heirs, having 2 sons (his grandsons) and then his bitch wife’s son (Tiberius) fucks it up
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Ryan
@ryanfmason
Western world if Marcus Agrippa’s sons/Augustus’ grandsons inherited the Roman Empire instead of Augustus stepson
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@infiniteorb
Scream, 1995
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meluhian
@meluhian.eth
Was at an event at Red Fort in Delhi last night and realised that red sandstone has presence in historic and iconic structures worldwide. From Germany’s Heidelberg Castle, France’s Strasbourg Cathedral, USA’s Smithsonian Castle It’s the stone that connects empires, eras, and continents through architecture that never fades.
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kenny 🎩
@kenny
worth noting Caesar wasn't crying because he hadn't made as much money as Alexander glory > money
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azb (on Faгcasteг)
@azbest
False Dmitry I, followed by False Dmitry II, was the CIA's peak trolling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwYpeZ0fJjw
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kingy.degen.eth🎩
@kingy
A history. History of...Crock Pots The evolution of Crock Pots?
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FrameTheGlobe
@frametheglobe
The New York City I miss.
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