#Source: Wikipedia

[bananamuffin28]

He probably doesn’t even know how to do taxes

[goldenchips]

Number 5!

Compsognathus ("elegant jaw")

A small carnivorous dinosaur that lived on the islands that are now Europe 150 million years ago, they were about 1 meter long (the tail adds a lot of lengt) with a hip height of ~25cm. They hunted lizards, they could run very fast (a study says 17.8 m/s) and probably had great vision.

[smoking-mousetrap]

Where the fuck is mama

[papermariosuggestion]

[lazy-chocolate-witch]

In the Wikipedia article about Patroclus is a part called "Relationship with Achilles" and I think it is really funny

So the first paragraph sounds pretty normal:

(Erastes: "lover", the older sexual actor, seen as the active or dominant participant; Eromenos: "beloved", the passive or subordinate sexual participant)

(Besides Aeschylus and Phaedrus arguing over who is bottom and who is top)

The article goes on with multiple other ancient greek authors explaining their theories, such as

which might seem like a sort of simbolism, and continues as such, analysing and comparing paralles.

But as you can see, in the end all that was just to proof Patroclus is the bottom.

It starts getting weirder.

For example:

Aka "it already is canon, nobody could be that dumb"

Even Alexander the Great ships it! Did you know that

That dude really read that story and went "damn, having a boyfriend sounds good, i imagine what it is like" and got himself a "life-long companion"

Finally, Shakespeare shares his own impression of this relationship:

Yeah.

No.

I love Wikipedia.

Link: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patroclus

[votapublica]

Morpho Achilles Patroclus

Morpho Achilles, blue banded Morpho, is a neotropical butterfly,中文叫做兴族闪蝶, widely spread in Argentina, Suriname, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Paraguay, and Brazil.

Butterfly is also associated with souls and their goddess, Psyche.

[that-cunning-witch]

Fun philosophy fact of the day

Parmenides was against the philosophy of Atomism, stating, "You say there is a void; therefore the void is not nothing; therefore there is not the void."

In response, Democritus, one of the founders of Atomism, referred to the stuff that floated in the void and made the universe as Parmenidean Entities™️

[thylocalbard]

man ppl really realised that the cookiecutter shark was taking bites outta their prey and went "DEMON WHALE-BITER" before going to cookiecutter. absolutely based

[izaack-gauss]

*Give your a guinea pig*

" It's a huge rodent! The guinea pig or domestic guinea pig, also known as the cavy or domestic cavy, is a species of rodent belonging to the genus Cavia, family Caviidae. Breeders tend to use the name "cavy" for the animal, but "guinea pig" is more commonly used in scientific and laboratory contexts. Despite their name, guinea pigs are not native to Guinea, nor are they closely related to pigs. Instead, they originated in the Andes region of South America, where wild guinea pigs can still be found today. Studies based on biochemistry and DNA hybridization suggest they are domesticated animals that do not exist naturally in the wild, but are descendants of a closely related cavy species such as C. tschudii. Originally, they were domesticated as livestock in the Andean region and are still consumed in some parts of the world. "

[different-picture-daily]

Suez Canal

[squishmallow36]

British people need to be stopped.

[goldenchips]

Here, have a dino!

Dromaeosaurus ("running lizard")

A medium-sized (2 metres long) theropod from North America that lived 80-69 million years ago, they were a relative of dakotaraptors, had a strong bite and sickle claws on their feet.

[zeekoethee]

I just read a real life Binks' Sake moment in the French Revolution.

The Martyrs of Compiègne were 16 nuns. Now during the Reign of Terror period they sort of outlawed being a nun, so these nun had to nun in secret. They were forced to leave their convent so they lived together in 2 apartments in a nearby village. They wore regular clothes and prayed together in secret. Like a secret nun club.

They were arrested for crimes against the Revolution when they were discovered. At that time people accused of crimes against the Revolution were not allowed a defense attorney. "The guilty have no such right and the innocents do not need any."

So they were convicted and sentenced to the guillotine. The first to be executed, Sister Constance, started singing Psalm 116 and the rest of the sisters joined.

The crowd watched in silence as 16 women were one by one executed. Each one singing untill the guillotine came down. Untill a choir became a soloist, until a soloist became a silent square of people filled with blood.

Just like Brook, Mother Teresa kept singing untill she was the last.

Cue sad Binks' Sake.

[paulyhedral]

I was having a bad day, and then this lore fell into my lap. My soul is healed, my spirit refreshed, the morphogenetic field flows through me once again.

[dominostodoomsday]

[historicalpride]

Transgender Flag

The most prominent[4] transgender flag design is the "Transgender Pride Flag", used as a symbol of transgender pride and diversity, and transgender rights. The flag was created[1] by American trans woman Monica Helms in 1999,[5][6] and was first shown at a pride parade in Phoenix, Arizona, in 2000.[7] Helms describes the meaning of the transgender pride flag as follows:

The stripes at the top and bottom are light blue, the traditional masculine color. The stripes next to them are pink, the traditional feminine color. The stripe in the middle is white, for those who are transitioning or consider themselves having a neutral or undefined gender.