Friday, August 14, 2020

History According To Tumblr Users


We're not suggesting that these various gems from the brilliant minds of Tumblr are in fact actual moments from the history of the world. The internet undoubtedly has a knack for getting carried away and weaving fun little tidbits of pure fiction. That being said, the legend that the infamously adorable Corgis were a gift from faeries is just too good. 

Check out some more gold from Tumblr with this Tumblr thread that breaks down the origins of the pads vs. tampons war.

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Text - glumshoe The word "undermine" originally meant to literally attack a fortress by digging tunnels under its defenses. I'm not sure why I find this so interesting. beefcakebogwitch and now it means when my partner reverses ALL of my parenting efforts by giving our dog child pieces of human food every time they sit pretty and make the Begging Face glumshoe "This is just like Dover Castle under the Great Siege of 1216," you say irritably as your partner slips food scraps to your dog under the

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Text - I hate linguistic anthropology. Why? One of the most influential experiments in linguistic anthropology involved teaching a chimp asl. One of the most influential linguistics is named Noam Chomsky. You know what the chimp's name was? Nim Chimpsky. Fucking monkey pun. And this is in textbooks, in documentaries, everywhere. And everyone just IGNORES THIS GOD AWFUL PUN cause of how important the experiment was. But BUT LOOK AT THIS SHIT. FUCKING NIM CHIMPSKY. I HATE THIS WHOLE FIELD. dendrit

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Text - If you ever, and I mean EVER think that you fucked something up royally, remember that the organizers of the 1904 Olympic marathon: - Had zero stations for water on the 26 mile (42 km) course - Accidentally gave North American competitor Tom Hicks a cocktail made of egg whites, brandy, and actual fucking rat poison - Had a guy come into the race late wearing a beret and cutoff slacks, sneak into an apple orchard during the race because no food had been given to him for 40 hours, eat rotte

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Text - REI tilthat TIL Wi-Fi doesn't stand for anything; it's a made up word. "IEEE 802.11' didn't have much of a ring to it, and the industry association wanted a catchy name. They came up with wi-fi, and that's what's been used ever since." via reddit.com toastpotent "wi-fi" stands for "wireless fireless" because it is both wireless and fireless

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Text - a person from 150 years ago would be terrified by modern stuff . however, a duck from 150 years ago would just be all like ,still got lakes? yes ? okay cool elodieunderglass "How fleeting are all human passions compared with the massive continuity of ducks." - Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night (1935) chatdomestique Reblogging again because I thought they changed the quote so I decided to look up the actual quote and it's not fake that is very much the actual quote

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Text - yesterday i learned about a mythical creature called a squonk that lives in the hemlock forests of pennsylvania and is so ashamed of how it looks that it spends 80% of its time crying, only comes out at night, and if you corner it it will literally physically dissolve into a puddle of its own tears until you go away and if that's not the most relatable thing i've ever heard idk what is

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Adaptation - talesfromweirdland A woman and her pet dragon. Illustration from 1912 by German/Czech artist, Anton Robert Leinweber (1845- 1921). copperbadge I love that her expression is like "Yes, I love you despite the fact you just puked brimstone all over the carpet."

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Standing - unexplained-events Siberian Bear Hunting Armor Studded all over with 1-inch iron nails about 34 inches apart.

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Text - The unicorn, tamable only by a virgin woman, was well established in medieval lore by the time Marco Polo described them as "scarcely smaller than elephants. They have the hair of a buffalo and feet like an elephant's. They have a single large black horn in the middle of the forehead... They have a head like a wild boar's... They spend their time by preference wallowing in mud and slime. They are very ugly brutes to look at. They are not at all such as we describe them when we relate that

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Text - REI A tilthat TIL that the astronauts of Apollo 11 were refused life insurance, so they signed photos of themselves so that their families could auction them for money in case the landing failed and the crew were killed. via reddit.com

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Text - KREI tilthat TIL that, when a pope dies, it is tradition to strike him three times on the head with a silver hammer to ensure he is actually dead. via reddit.com actualnymph Vibe check Source: tilthat

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Text - TIL that Freddie Mercury and Michael Jackson were supposed to record several duets together for Mercury's debut solo album. However, after only recording one song, Mercury dropped out due to feeling uncomfortable by the presence of Jackson's pet llama being in the studio. via reddit.com

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Text - RE tilthat TIL that according to legend, the Corgi was a gift from woodland faeries and their markings were caused by saddles and stirrups placed on their backs via ift.tt dwinkus how can you spend hundreds of years breeding a dog into a little sausage shape and then just forget about it and say fairies did it Source: tilthat

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Text - Ok, so I was reading this news story: Man survives weeks in remote Alaska wilderness after cabin burns down, writes 'SOS' in snow A man managed to survive more than three weeks in the rugged Alaskan wilderness after his remote cabin burned down until he was rescued last week by state troopers who spotted an "Sos" signal stamped in the snow. So far so normal, right? But then: Steele's shoulder-length hair, chestnut brown near the roots fading to golden blond near s frayed tips, hung matted

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