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A fascinating Twitter thread about a guy's family secret | ManSitChoAzzDown Follow @AngryManTV At my grandpops funeral learned he professional welterweight boxer NYC 40's question why he never told us nobody knew continued dig discovered sad reasons why.

Twitter Thread: Man Discovers Grandpa's Fascinating Boxing Career

Tumblr thread on strange cold-blooded cave goat | RE tilthat Follow TIL cave goat went extinct approx. 5,000 years ago is first known mammal have become cold-blooded. Their bone growth rate is unlike any other mammal, and more similar crocodiles showing slow and adaptive rates environmental temperature. via http ift.tt/2vtQOYg r-evolution-aries Follow goat's binomial name is Myotragus balearicus kind an oddball lot other ways, too, an example being had forward-facing eyes, giving stereoscopic vi

Tumblr Thread: The Cold-Blooded Freak Devil Cave Goat

Tumblr thread on roman fast food | extrajordinary Follow Some restaurants were fast food" variety, where customer could eat or purchase meal go Some were even designed such way customers could obtain meals without leaving their wag- ons or entering restaurant at all prototype drive-through" service. GUYS. THERE DRIVE-THROUGH ANCIENT ROME. FINDING OUT THIS ALONE IS WORTH COST MY MASTERS HISTORY Daily Life Ancient Romans by David Matz] thatdangerous Follow *rolls up window* yeah gimme number V com

Tumblr Thread: Ancient Roman Diners Drive-Ins and Dives

Historical events that are so ridiculous they seem fictional | eannasheridan 42.4k points 24 days ago 3 2 During WW1 German navy built ship and painted make look like British ship called RMS Carmania order infiltrate and destroy British convoys. On ships first outing first enemy encountered real RMS Carmania, which promptly sunk .

Historical Events That Sound Too Ridiculous to Be True

Tumblr thread about judging historical figures in modern fashion | unpretty ROYALTY_NOW_ julius caesar as just Some Dude is tripping out facial reconstruction from a bust

Tumblr Thread: Reconstructed Historical Figures and How They'd Be

Interesting Twitter thread on the history behind Cleopatra | Anne Thériault O. 05/02/2018 Cleopatra: looks like had twins Cleopatra named them after two great world leaders Mark Antony love too, babe Cleopatra: no mean after 200 Alexander Great and also O 29 271146 4 030 1 Anne Thériault O. 05/02/2018 Cleopatra: one them has middle name Sun and other one has middle name moon Mark Antony s bit Cleopatra: welcome Ancient Egypt Land Being Extra 27174 1 507 1

Twitter Thread: Fascinating History On Cleopatra

Awesome mystery Twitter thread about a Roman ring | Gareth Harney @OptimoPrincipi 1 stranger than fiction Roman ring mystery thread: this enigmatic Roman gold ring found ploughed field near Silchester 1785 square bezel has portrait pagan goddess Venus, inscribed backwards SUNEV use as signet ring by owner. Curiously

Twitter Thread: Stranger Than Fiction History Behind Roman Ring

Tumblr thread about the medieval weapon the lantern shield | man-who-sold-za-warudo Knight have trained all forms combat and weapons since birth cannot be bested. Some horsecock motherfucker:

Tumblr Thread: The Spikey Insanity of The Lantern Shield

Funny tumblr posts and memes | 1 lordmeowdemort Hello my baby hello my honey hello darkness my old friend purplethebunny dare make hear this with my own internal monologue. 108,737 notes >

Weird, Silly and Stupid Tumblr Gems

Tumblr thread about chinese guy smiling in old timey photo | black and white vintage photograph AMERICAN MUSEUM& NATURAL HISTORY Man eating rice, China, 1901-1904 comradeonion this is an extremely important picture 24-sa3t Ive never seen someone 1904 having fun omg

Tumblr Thread: Dude Actually Having Fun In an Old Picture

Tumblr thread actually makes history fun to read about | REI tilthat TIL Tiffany Problem Tiffany is medieval name-short Theophania 12th century. Authors can't use historical or fantasy fiction, however, because name looks too modern. This is an example reality is sometimes too unrealistic. via reddit.com incorrectdiscworldquotes "Authors can't use fantasy fiction, eh see about Terry Pratchett, probably

Tumblr Thread: History Actually Becomes Fun

Twitter thread about Sex Weasel symbolism in renaissance art | Chelsea Nichols @museumweirdo posted about this before, but never going stop until whole world knows about SEX WEASELS Renaissance art thread) | 16th century widely believed weasels conceived through their ears and gave birth through their mouth. This spawned whole language hidden sexual symbolism art, with weasels standing everything fertility talismans phallic symbols. 21 L788 O 1,560 Doo

Twitter Thread: Sex Weasels In Renaissance Art

Stories from history of times someone just did something themselves | pyrangarlit 35.0k points 1 day ago edited 1 day ago John Snow (not one father epidemiology No one believed him Cholera outbreak is now Soho because contaminated water pump. He broke They arrested him vandalism and held him until outbreak suddenly ended

"I'll Do It Myself" Moments in History

Twitter thread breaks down the madness of the hatpin panic in the 1900s | Jason Poole @JasonPoolej2 Has anyone ever heard hatpin panic early 1900's women wore giant hatpins go with their massive hats

Twitter Thread: The Insanity Of Hatpin Panic

Tumblr thread of silly Apollo 11 quotes | Actual quotes Apollo 11 mission: Collins like enter Aldrin oatmeal eating contest next time Bruce McCandless Mission Control Is he pretty good at Collins: He's doing his share up here. McCandless: Let's see all just finished meal not long ago, too, didn't Aldrin still eating. McCandless: Okay. Does Collins: He's on his-he's on his 19th bowl.

Tumblr Pulls Some Choice Apollo 11 Quotes

A Tumblr thread describes all the wild medieval battle tactics. | Medieval castle stairs were often built ascend narrow, clockwise spirals so right- handed castle defenders could use their swords more easily. This design put those on way up at disadvantage (unless they were left-handed steps were also uneven give defenders advantage anticipating each step's size while attackers tripped over them. Source Source 2 Source

Tumblr Thread: Medieval Battle Tactics Were Wild

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UPDATE: 16-year-old boy gets car towed by neighbor after he won't stop parking large truck on their lawn: 'It's not my problem'

UPDATE: 16-year-old boy gets car towed by neighbor after he won't stop parking large truck on their lawn: 'It's not my problem'

15-year-old poultry farm supervisor gets talked down to because of his age, ‘promotes’ mean employee to waste duty: 'As it turns out, you still don't want to [mess with] your boss even if he's 15.'

15-year-old poultry farm supervisor gets talked down to because of his age, ‘promotes’ mean employee to waste duty: 'As it turns out, you still don't want to [mess with] your boss even if he's 15.'

Tech employee gets skipped for promotion at his first ‘real’ job because he was out sick, gets revenge on petty manager several years later: ‘I love telling [this story]!’

Tech employee gets skipped for promotion at his first ‘real’ job because he was out sick, gets revenge on petty manager several years later: ‘I love telling [this story]!’

Customer walks out of diner without tipping after overhearing 20-year-old waitress mocking him: 'She was making fun of a paying customer for no reason'

Customer walks out of diner without tipping after overhearing 20-year-old waitress mocking him: 'She was making fun of a paying customer for no reason'

Employee fails to read late-night email from boss, demanding to prep for a 9 am meeting the next day, leading to an office dispute first thing in the morning: ‘Where have you been?’

Employee fails to read late-night email from boss, demanding to prep for a 9 am meeting the next day, leading to an office dispute first thing in the morning: ‘Where have you been?’

HOA demands homeowner fix brown patch in his lawn, he obliges by planting heaps of mint which multiplies throughout the neighborhood: 'Spring comes and mint is EVERYWHERE - around mailboxes, along walking paths, even in their fancy entrance landscaping'

HOA demands homeowner fix brown patch in his lawn, he obliges by planting heaps of mint which multiplies throughout the neighborhood: 'Spring comes and mint is EVERYWHERE - around mailboxes, along walking paths, even in their fancy entrance landscaping'