Beware the Bonnacon 14 comments
freault4
· 7 years ago
Maybe that is the origin of the legend?
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I need to show this to my nutritionist 1 comments
Beware the Bonnacon 14 comments
freault4
· 7 years ago
They are largely English and French.
1. England, 15th c
2. and 3. England 13th-14th c
4. England (Peterborough?), Early 13th century
5. England, c 1185
6. late 13th, French
7. England (Salisbury?), c 1230-1240
8. France, c. 1450
The mandrake is North England or North France, c.1190-1200
And perhaps we are talking about a cone of volume ;) Some people, I guess translated Pliny the Elder's description in Natural History differently. I can find references to acres and "furlongs" (which is indeed distance)
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1. England, 15th c
2. and 3. England 13th-14th c
4. England (Peterborough?), Early 13th century
5. England, c 1185
6. late 13th, French
7. England (Salisbury?), c 1230-1240
8. France, c. 1450
The mandrake is North England or North France, c.1190-1200
And perhaps we are talking about a cone of volume ;) Some people, I guess translated Pliny the Elder's description in Natural History differently. I can find references to acres and "furlongs" (which is indeed distance)
Deadbeat birb 16 comments
freault4
· 7 years ago
Fun fact: they also poop out of their cloacas...And it is believed that dinosaurs mated in the same way.
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Just a drawing of an eye 3 comments
freault4
· 7 years ago
You can't buy better than Prismacolor pencils! Drawing like this is pretty much impossible with any other brand
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That's some happy shit 15 comments
freault4
· 7 years ago
They say that after having kids, very little can gross you out. I imagine this is why...
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The best jurassic park ever made 12 comments
freault4
· 7 years ago
I think that is what the argument is: that the practical effect here is better than CGI today. And I would agree!
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Ha ha ha... I swear this is ironic 8 comments
freault4
· 7 years ago
I feel like the news/internet cycle has informed us more of all of this (re: poverty and suffering and disasters) so we feel all-the-more like the world is ending. I think this overload of info also contributes to apathy, unfortunately...
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I don't know who's to blame, but the fact is that people just aren't happy 27 comments
freault4
· 7 years ago
oh no! I'm so sorry! I hope you are feeling better. (slash I agree. I barely made it out--this last august--in one piece)
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The amazing slave who rose up 15 comments
freault4
· 7 years ago
Bring it on! I'm saying, let's study *all* the history. And not just for a month at a time. Studying one culture or population does not need to be to the exclusion of others!
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true courage 18 comments
freault4
· 7 years ago
I don't know about this case, but this was an interesting/sad article I read the other day: https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/02/10/why-does-the-united-states-still-let-12-year-old-girls-get-married/?utm_term=.6f5b76ee62f9
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The amazing slave who rose up 15 comments
freault4
· 7 years ago
I just think history would be even *more* interesting if we got to read about bad asses like this guy!
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Biodegradable plastic from shrimps 11 comments
freault4
· 7 years ago
Cool, but it's just like any other polymer (bio-degradable or not): If it's too brittle, it will not do a whole lot of good. You will have to add plasticizers to them, and these are also very harmful to the environment (think phthalates--sometimes up to 50 wt%)
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The amazing slave who rose up 15 comments
1,700 year-old roman mosaic 5 comments
freault4
· 7 years ago
As someone who has worked on mosaic preservation on archaeological sites, this is in unreasonably good condition. Unfortunately there is not always money to do excavations before tearing up the ground to build infrastructure/subways!
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