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To people who use "þ" as an aesthetic "p"

þink again.

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reasons why people think you should learn both latin and ancient greek: they are remarkably similar languages which have a vastly intertwined history and corpus of literature, and learning them together can give you a better understanding of their literary traditions

the real reason why you should learn both latin and ancient greek:  so you can enjoy the fact that they both have a word that means “to fart at someone as a sign of contempt or mockery”

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Queen Hatshepsut of Ancient Egypt. She has a lovely smile for someone who’s been dead for thousands of years.

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Me: *going about my life, accomplishing normal life milestones*

My brain: There are castles for sale. In the European countryside. Buy one. Disappear. Adopt a flock of ravens. Become a local legend.

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Neville Chamberlain returning from Germany with the piece of paper signed by Hitler which would bring “peace for our time” September 30th, 1938.

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Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom

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Margaret Hamilton,lead software engineer of the Apollo projectstands next to the code she wrote by hand and that was used to take humanity to the moon.

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US First Lady Pat Nixon holding future Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. April 14, 1972

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drunk history is honestly such a masterpiece

romesh ranganathan is the most passionate drunk history narrator of all time