A 132 year old Winchester Model 73 rifle was found leaning against juniper tree in Great Basin National Park in east-central Nevada. The aged wood stock and rusty metal parts blended in with the tree, making it difficult to spot. LINK TO ARTICLE
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"Her eyes in certain light were violet, and all her teeth were even. That's a rare, fair feature: even teeth. She smiled to excess, but she chewed with real distinction." - Eleanor of Aquitaine
The Ask Historians subreddit had one of the best April Fool's Day pranks I've ever seen. Any other day of the year that place is strictly moderated and very serious about asking historians about actual history. But not today. Today they turned the reigns over to Eris and Chaos - sort of. Today the chief questions of the day were about fictional universes and the results - both questions and answers - were hilarious and fun.
"On a serious note, in a culture where language is based on context, how on earth would children LEARN THE CONTEXT in the first place. In addition how in good gravin would math or science be taught?
Even worse, can you imagine what ikea instructions would be like? No thanks."
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"On a serious note, in a culture where language is based on context, how on earth would children LEARN THE CONTEXT in the first place. In addition how in good gravin would math or science be taught?
Even worse, can you imagine what ikea instructions would be like? No thanks."
They wouldn't learn the context, but they would learn the words.
I.e. "Shaka" would simply become the word for failure. It's not hard to see how this can happen, look at say... maverick, bunk (from Buncombe county in NC), boycott, milquetoast, etc.
If they didn't conventionalize their references, then, like the quote says, nobody would be able to learn how to communicate anyway.
The Ask Historians subreddit had one of the best April Fool's Day pranks I've ever seen. Any other day of the year that place is strictly moderated and very serious about asking historians about actual history. But not today. Today they turned the reigns over to Eris and Chaos - sort of. Today the chief questions of the day were about fictional universes and the results - both questions and answers - were hilarious and fun.
Kira at Bashi. Zinda, his face black, his eyes red. Uzani, his army with fists open. Uzani, his army with fists closed. Shaka, when the walls fell.
Curse you Bort! I clicked on your links and got so absorbed in the discussions that I forgot to do some important things. For example, my toenails still need clipping but it is now to late for me to attempt that tonight.
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"A complete camel skeleton dug up from a 17th-century Austrian cellar shows tell-tale signs that it was a valuable riding animal in the Ottoman army. It was probably left behind or traded in the town of Tulln following the Ottoman siege of nearby Vienna in 1683."
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