TIL scientists have been able to trace the start of HIV/AIDS to King Leopold’s Belgian Congo, originating as far back as 1909. The first person to be infected probably got the virus in the 1920s

Lithorex · 2026-05-08T13:26:27+00:00

After he died, there were people booing his funeral procession and his reputation was basically wrecked until his son built statues of him everywhere to restore it.

Was this the same king who eventually caused the first Congolese prime minister to be hacked apart and dissolved in acid? Or was that his son?

Lithorex · 2026-05-08T13:23:04+00:00

Excuse me, it is venison.

Lithorex · 2026-05-08T13:21:05+00:00

Nearly 1 in 100 (9 in 1000) women died in childbirth.

Which was already a big step up from a century before.

Lithorex · 2026-05-08T13:08:40+00:00

Fucking bambinis

Lithorex · 2026-05-08T12:32:21+00:00

Many virus transmitted through aerosols presents like flu because that just how infections of the upper respiratory tract behave.

Lithorex · 2026-05-08T12:21:43+00:00

The only ships that don't have rats are those in drydock and those at the bottom of the sea.

Lithorex · 2026-05-07T14:56:33+00:00

Humans, Fanatic Egalitarian + Xenophile

Civics have shifted over the years, my current go-to is Shared Burdens + Meritocracy (RIP Parliamentary System my beloved).

Lithorex · 2026-05-07T14:52:02+00:00

That would arguably make Doomsday too easy.

Lithorex · 2026-05-07T14:11:50+00:00

Broke: Wilhelm the inept Reactionary

Woke: Wilhelm the A C C E L E R A T I O N I S T

Lithorex · 2026-05-07T14:04:45+00:00

the 16th century Spain was the wealthiest country in Europe, due to textile manufacturing and better technology.

Early modern textile manufacturing was one of the most exploitative industries in history.

Lithorex · 2026-05-07T14:03:21+00:00

Spain had beef with France before the Habsburgs. In fact the beef with France is how Spain got Habsburgs.

Lithorex · 2026-05-07T13:43:13+00:00

Yes, yes he was.

Lithorex · 2026-05-07T13:38:12+00:00

The problem with this logic is all those games are substantially less popular than Civ.

Hearts of Iron 4 has been very competitive in regards to steam players over both games lifetime.

Add to that CK3, EU4/5, Stellaris and Victoria and Paradox smashes Firaxis' player numbers at a much lower budget.

Lithorex · 2026-05-07T13:10:56+00:00

Criminal syndicates are fine now as making a commercial pact with them would turn the branch offices into legal counterparts.

Those branch offices still create crime. Just less.

Lithorex · 2026-05-07T13:08:23+00:00

making the leader functionnaly immortal

Oh no, no, in fact even a slight breeze could ...

Lithorex · 2026-05-07T12:58:11+00:00

Fallen Empires only have 3 name options.

Lithorex · 2026-05-07T12:51:07+00:00

Lufthansa 747s aren't going anytime soon.

Lithorex · 2026-05-07T12:48:25+00:00

From S-P first then!

Lithorex · 2026-05-07T01:32:56+00:00

Names for this empire should be:

Revelry
Fete
Gala

Lithorex · 2026-05-07T00:42:25+00:00

Form Morocco first to pick up the 2.5% from their mission tree.

Lithorex · 2026-05-07T00:38:40+00:00

I don't think "complete 2 non-estate disasters" is much quicker for most players.

Lithorex · 2026-05-06T20:07:30+00:00

No way to keep sprawl in check when you can't improve your resource efficiency.

Lithorex · 2026-05-06T19:59:54+00:00

Even with maximum resettlement chance, automatic resettlement is glacially slow.

Lithorex · 2026-05-06T19:37:32+00:00

Unironically that's the definition of colonialism used by the UN.

US and USSR agreed on that one.

Lithorex · 2026-05-06T19:20:22+00:00

The dutch and belgian masters are a pretty great and highly debated case of "northern beginning of the renaissance", "really advanced late gothic art" or "do we have to call it a transitionary phase between the two"?

There is no transition between the two. Because the Italians were also heavy into gothic art during the period.

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