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Dawnawaken92 t1_jd7k0bf wrote

Reply to comment by PrecariouslyPeculiar in TIL that Deltora Quest, the Children's Fantasy Books by Australian Writer Emily Rodda, Has Its Own Anime, Which Started Airing 2 Years After the Series Ended, from 2007-2008, and has 13 Episodes of Original Content Not Found in the Books. It Even Spawned a Nintendo DS Game, Released Only in Japan. by PrecariouslyPeculiar

I can definitely see how Australia helped craft her world. In so few worlds. She transported us to a toned down grimdark world that was full of fantasy. I absolutely loved her books. And they are short at that. She packed so much detail into them. But didn't waste time trying to make it into Harry Potter or something. I'd have loved this way more than HP to if it were movies.

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miragen125 OP t1_jd7jq6v wrote

Reply to TIL that a French Soldier called Albert Severin Roche, had personally captured 1,180 prisoners. He was called the "first soldier of France" by allied supreme commander Marechal Foch by miragen125

Some of his stories were crazy! The guy was basically real life Rambo:

Captured and Interrogated

Albert volunteered regularly for reconnaissance missions, but on one occasion, he was captured with his wounded lieutenant. Isolated in a bunker during an interrogation, he managed to overwhelm and kill his interrogator, stealing his pistol. He returned to the French lines with 42 new prisoners while wearing his wounded lieutenant on his back.

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Knute5 t1_jd7fy5z wrote

Reply to TIL The Dick Van Dyke Show was originally written entirely by Carl Reiner, about stories from Reiner's life, and starred Carl Reiner. The pilot was unsuccessful so it was reworked with Dick Van Dyke playing Robert Petrie. by jamescookenotthatone

Reiner worked with Mel Brooks and a writers room full of future legends, including Neil Simon, on "Your Show of Shows" with Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca which ran from 1950-54.

Yeah, Dick Van Dyke was more of an acceptable leading man at the time and Reiner wrote himself as the Sid Caesar character, Alan Brady.

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that_other_goat t1_jd7eg7f wrote

Reply to comment by sharksnut in TIL that the Incans genetically modified and hybridized crops such as potatoes at sites like the Moray Terrace. by A_Generic_White_Guy

okay so you missed the intervening steps.

A lot of the structures we use in the west came to us via the catholic church even those that found their way to us from the ancient world.

Catholic monks copied and preserved the texts. The first printed book was the bible there was a reason a translation from Latin was such a big deal. The catholic church was the gate keeper for all information as they produced the books and were the majority of those that taught.

Catholicism is how the people of the era understood their world it was in everything. For example If you read agricultural texts from the period you'll see it's steeped in saints and religious symbology as most of the literate and producers of books was the clergy.

Reformation Europe inherited all this ingrained dogma.

my entire point is history is complex and long term. My point is you have to find the root of the problem to deal with anything else nothing gets done. This is a lesson we refuse to learn and one we've repeated time and time again.

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tiptree t1_jd7dl8h wrote

Reply to TIL that the 'funny bone' is not actually a bone in the arm, but a nerve. The ulnar nerve is connected from shoulder to hand and is protected by bones and muscles. As it passes thru the elbow it is only protected by the cubital tunnel, making it the most prone area in the body to 'strike a nerve'. by deddPan

In Swedish it is called getting a "widow hit" (änkestöt) when that happens. Because it is like becoming a widow: it hurts really bad but it gets better quickly.

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