LopensLeftArm@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoTIL that a bunch of medieval manuscripts featured illustrations of knights fighting giant snails, and no one knows whywww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square118fedilinkarrow-up1601arrow-down115
arrow-up1586arrow-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 · 11 months agomessage-square118fedilink
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·11 months agoHe’s not robbing the guy, he’s peeling the skin off his foot(!)
minus-squareThe Barto@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·11 months 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-squareHerbal Gamer@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoOh that’s much better.
minus-squarethanksforallthefish@literature.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoHmm, any connection to the “lucky rabbit’s foot” thing, or is tgat a modern invention ?
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months 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/
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.
Oh that’s much better.
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/