LopensLeftArm@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTIL that a bunch of medieval manuscripts featured illustrations of knights fighting giant snails, and no one knows whywww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square113fedilinkarrow-up1583arrow-down114
arrow-up1569arrow-down1external-linkTIL that a bunch of medieval manuscripts featured illustrations of knights fighting giant snails, and no one knows whywww.bbc.comLopensLeftArm@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square113fedilink
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoHe’s not robbing the guy, he’s peeling the skin off his foot(!)
minus-squareThe Barto@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year ago he’s peeling the skin off his foot To which he has no ownership of, so he is still robbing him, just not for material objects.
minus-squarethanksforallthefish@literature.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoHmm, any connection to the “lucky rabbit’s foot” thing, or is tgat a modern invention ?
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoOoh, that’s a good point! Origins apparently go back to 600 BC: https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/12/rabbits-foot-considered-lucky/
minus-squareHerbal Gamer@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoOh that’s much better.
He’s not robbing the guy, he’s peeling the skin off his foot(!)
To which he has no ownership of, so he is still robbing him, just not for material objects.
Hmm, any connection to the “lucky rabbit’s foot” thing, or is tgat a modern invention ?
Ooh, that’s a good point!
Origins apparently go back to 600 BC:
https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/12/rabbits-foot-considered-lucky/
Oh that’s much better.