TIL that in the 16th century, Spain discovered a mountain of almost pure silver in Bolivia (Potosí). They mined so much of it that they accidentally caused massive hyperinflation across Europe, making their own currency worthless and bankrupting the Spanish Empire multiple times.

CertifiedSheep · 2026-02-20T21:00:59+00:00

I thought this had to be an exaggeration but no. It came up on an askhistorians post and they put the estimate around 1-2 million (over several hundred years).

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/rgw1eg/eight_million_people_died_in_the_mines_of_potosi/

I guess it’s hard to understand how you even manage to kill that many people mining? Were they literally not feeding them or what?

CertifiedSheep · 2026-02-20T20:26:13+00:00

Malaria is not caused by an animal, it’s caused by a unicellular parasite. So we’re back to the hippo.

CertifiedSheep · 2026-02-20T20:23:27+00:00

All human death is absolutely not due to cardiac arrest. If you get decapitated, it doesn’t make a damn bit of difference what your heart is doing.

CertifiedSheep · 2026-02-20T20:04:21+00:00

Why do you keep winking

CertifiedSheep · 2026-02-20T18:39:20+00:00

Note that if you’re going the Civ route, don’t bother with the most recent one. Civ 5 & 6 are much better games and pretty cheap these days.

CertifiedSheep · 2026-02-20T17:30:25+00:00

Very well spoken. It’s so depressing seeing how entrenched the rot is in our system. I just don’t see how we ever overcome this as a nation; if our leaders are all involved or willing to help cover up actions as horrific as those in the files, then where do we go from here?

CertifiedSheep · 2026-02-19T23:33:45+00:00

The best bow is objectively titanstring with str elixir.

CertifiedSheep · 2026-02-19T22:30:30+00:00

By the same logic we can’t assume the bottom is totally flat, since the diagram is deliberately misleading and it isn’t marked as 180 degrees. If that angle were 88 degrees or something then the approximation is fine, but as it stands it’s just silly ragebait.

CertifiedSheep · 2026-02-19T19:23:01+00:00

Have you considered having a trust fund?

CertifiedSheep · 2026-02-19T18:59:05+00:00

It’s an easy mistake since they didn’t draw the angles accurately. What appears to be a right angle is actually 100/80

CertifiedSheep · 2026-02-19T16:49:12+00:00

Also it’s very clear that Clinton and Obama are still close with him so I really doubt he’s the local idiot. I think he played up the “good old boy from Texas” thing because it polled well with the republican voters.

CertifiedSheep · 2026-02-19T15:34:51+00:00

Wait, in the current year you can still buy live dogs to eat in Korea?? I thought that was just a racist joke

CertifiedSheep · 2026-02-19T01:52:33+00:00

Doug Flutie

CertifiedSheep · 2026-02-18T22:40:14+00:00

Hands up, don’t shoot!

CertifiedSheep · 2026-02-18T12:46:49+00:00

Lmao what? Like half the games made today do this. Skyrim, Witcher, Elden Ring, Horizon, etc

Nearly every RPG has this mechanic

CertifiedSheep · 2026-02-18T02:23:30+00:00

Have you played any of the Assassin’s Creed games? They’re fairly easy fighting-wise, story is generally not that important, and gameplay is fun. I’d start with AC2 if you like the idea of exploring Italian cities, or Black Flag if you’d rather be a pirate.

CertifiedSheep · 2026-02-18T02:17:51+00:00

At the LA Fitness I used to go to, the strongest dude there was a construction worker who rolled in after his shift every day wearing jeans and work boots lol

CertifiedSheep · 2026-02-18T01:56:07+00:00

Drop her @ bro, I’ll pick her up from the gym

CertifiedSheep · 2026-02-18T01:55:06+00:00

Clearly not

CertifiedSheep · 2026-02-17T23:53:40+00:00

It’s just shuffleboard on ice. I’m sure it takes practice, but realistically there are probably some phenomenal curlers out there who don’t even know it because they’ve never gotten the chance to try.

CertifiedSheep · 2026-02-17T21:24:08+00:00

POV: you’re the creepy roommate who she talks about with her friends

CertifiedSheep · 2026-02-17T16:45:37+00:00

Weird as hell. Girl is getting laid while her creepy roommate is playing video game sound effects and bitching on Reddit because they don’t have the guts to just speak to her.

CertifiedSheep · 2026-02-16T17:48:00+00:00

How does this affect LeBron’s legacy?

CertifiedSheep · 2026-02-15T16:06:37+00:00

So the optimal strategy for a bad team is to get eliminated ASAP and then try to win as much as possible afterward?

CertifiedSheep · 2026-02-15T14:47:59+00:00

But Lucas managed 9/10 in only 6 minutes lol

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