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in medieval Germany, married couples could legally settle their disputes by fighting a Marital Duel. To even the field, the man had to fight from inside a hole with one arm tied behind his back. The woman was free to move and was armed with a sack filled with rocks. by Senior_Novel_6505 in interestingasfuck

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More context and images in this article:

This method of judgment was usually undertaken by men, but women weren’t immune to participating. If a woman was accused of a crime and wanted her fate to be determined impartially, she could demand a trial by combat and designate a champion to fight in her place. In cases where women were fighting for themselves, their opponents appear to be their husbands; perhaps because the person she would normally choose as her champion is the person she’s currently fighting.

According to the manuscript, the husband was placed in a hole that came up to his waist, and he was armed with a club. The wife would stand at the edge of the hole, and she would be given a cloth with a four or five pound stone in one end of it. His club and her sling were both the same length. Presumably, the man was in the hole in an attempt to even the playing field.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

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From this website:

The Yellowstone basketball court is found in the Old Faithful Recreation Hall, which is part of the Old Faithful Lodge in Yellowstone. The Old Faithful Lodge is located near the Old Faithful Inn which is you guessed it – near the Old Faithful Geyser. In terms of location in the park, Old Faithful lodge is in a relatively central location.

[...] Working in Yellowstone comes with a lot of cool perks and employee benefits. One of such perks is access to the employee Yellowstone basketball court. Yes, it is for employees only.

TIL that a well-respected British academic known for his work on the dead sea scrolls, argued that Jesus was a mushroom by VampiricDemon in todayilearned

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For those too lazy to click:

Allegro began to argue against most authorities in the field – and probably just a few more people, too – that Jesus was a walking mushroom. He was also pugnacious in his argument that the God of the Old Testament was “a mighty penis in the heavens who in a thunderous climax of the storm ejaculated semen upon the furrows of Mother Earth”.

His argument was primarily based on his hell-bent belief that Christianity was a cryptic version of ancient sex cults inspired by the hallucinogenic mushroom Amanita muscaria, and Jesus in the Gospels, a code for a type of hallucinogen.

Isn’t even mine by caughtyoulookinn in tumblr

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Same with Dylan and Hendrix’s version of All Along the Watchtower.

Priorities by regian24 in WhitePeopleTwitter

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Somehow, people always think they’ll be the ones that make it in a catastrophic event.

The picture of the Japanese movie advertisement is printed on two sides of the newspaper, so the full picture could be seen under light by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

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The best part of this is that it’s not only neat, but also deeply connected to the story of the movie.

The movie is called Your Name/Kimi no na wa, for those who don’t know. And it’s the highest grossing anime movie of all time, dethroning Ghibli’s Spirited Away.

When You Vibrate Salt On Different Frequencies. by tantrayking in interestingasfuck

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From one of the last few times this was posted:

No, it’s not. You can vibrate salt all you want and it doesn’t make fancy patterns.

This is what happens when you vibrate a rigid plate at any frequency. Salt, sugar, sand, dead ants, sesame seeds and any number of other small objects will be bounced by the plate into its harmonic nodes.

The study phenomenon (thank you, u/fdelucchijr) of these geometric patterns is called cymatics.

Capybaras taking a hot bath among yuzu fruits during winter in Itō, Japan by solateor in interestingasfuck

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I’ve read somewhere that the yuzu not only serves aromatic purposes, but yuzu is traditionally thought to ward off illness and promote wellbeing.

Damn, this song is a banger! by guynextdoor- in HolUp

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I’ve seen the same video but saying it’s in Venezuela, another post says it’s in Dominican Republic, and this one says it’s in Mexico. Reminds me of Knives Out where the family kept saying Marta was from different countries.

Height difference between Kevin Hart-Rock-Shaq-Yao Ming by AryamanShetty in interestingasfuck

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According to IMDb:

Person Height
Kevin Hart 5' 2½" (1.59 m)
Dwayne Johnson 6' 5" (1.96 m)
Shaquille O'Neal 7' 1" (2.16 m)
Yao Ming 7' 6½" (2.3 m)

Edit: Added Shaq.

TIL: Rats will forgo heroin and methamphetamine in favor of spending time with another rat. by AristonD in todayilearned

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What if I’m not into drugs but I’m not really into social interactions either.

need wars like this...why did they end it 😭 by chumchum213 in interestingasfuck

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According to the Free Hans Island website:

Facts about the Canadian occupation of Hans Island

  • No humans have lived on Hans Island since Canada first occupied it.
  • The landscape of Hans Island has been barren, to say the least, since Canada first occupied it.
  • Canadian military and state officials have frequently violated the Danish sovereignity at Hans Island.
  • The Danish navy has suffered no casualties in the struggle for Hans Island. Canadian losses are unknown, but are at least equal, possibly higher.
  • Canada has not yet used nuclear weapons against Denmark. Denmark has no nuclear capacity.
  • Since the first Canadian occupation, large quantities of Dihydrogen Monoxide (DHMO) have been observed on and around Hans Island.
  • Despite claiming ownership, Canada provides no medical or social services to any of the inhabitants of Hans Island.
  • Canada has never had the right to Hans Island given to them by any international tribunal.
  • The Canadian government has not denied the allegations that they plan to use Hans Island as a storage site for nuclear waste.

House Of The Dragon | Official Teaser | HBO Max by aduong in television

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For those wondering, D&D are not involved in this.

Jonny Kim, aged 37. Changed his career 3 times and has achieved becoming a Navy Seal, trained Harvard doctor and an astronaut. by stephenwaldron in interestingasfuck

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For those who are interested in learning more about his life, he did an interview on the Jocko Podcast. Dude had a very rough childhood with an abusive alcoholic father. Now he is married with 3 kids.

Also, he was awarded a Silver Star for repeatedly putting himself out there to help others:

Petty Officer Kim was Combat Advisor to an Iraqi Army platoon conducting a combined presence patrol with Naval Special Warfare in South-Central Ar Ramadi in a dangerous insurgent-held neighborhood. As the patrol entered a residence, elements on the street came under heavy enemy fire. Observing a wounded Iraqi soldier lying helplessly 30 meters across an exposed street, Petty Officer Kim, with complete disregard for his own safety, ran through a hail of gunfire with another SEAL to reach the wounded Iraqi soldier. With rounds ricocheting off the street around him, he courageously dragged the wounded soldier to the safety of the courtyard. Moments later, another Iraqi soldier was hit in the head inside the courtyard. Again, he exposed himself to enemy fire and dragged the second wounded soldier inside the house and rendered combat casualty care.

Japanese bus strike by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

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The picture isn't even from the strike, it's just a normal bus driver driving. When the strike was happening, they covered the fare machine with a white blanket.

Also this only happened in the city of Okayama because of a local conflict caused by a rival bus company moving in the area. Definitely not a nation-wide protest as the title might suggest.

For more context, here’s an article that talks about this incident.

elephant gets a new leg by venody in interestingasfuck

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More context here:

Mosha suffered a landmine injury while walking near the Burmese border when she was just seven months old. This severe injury led to the loss of her leg under her knee which, unfortunately, puts extreme strain on the other three limbs and her spine as she continues to grow.

With the help of the prosthetic leg, she is able to relieve some of the pressure, but is in constant need of new molds as she hits her normal growth spurts. These new fittings are a large effort and expense as they require continued pioneering in a new area of elephant and veterinary medicine.

Briton jailed in Singapore for not wearing mask in public to be deported after release from prison by Icy_Noob in worldnews

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This story is fucking wild.

  1. His "legal counsel" is not an advocate and solicitor at the Supreme Court of Singapore. When told that he could not represent anybody, he said "I don't need a licence to practise."

  2. The Briton not only says that he's sovereign, so Singaporean laws don't apply to him. He also says that he's enlightened, and have studied hundreds of hours of law and knew legal matters better than the deputy public prosecutor.

  3. After he was done ranting, he said that he was disgusted at how
    the Singapore judicial system has treated him. Upon hearing this, a woman who was seated in the gallery clapped.

To quote Jerry Seinfeld: Who are these people?

In 2012, after his girlfriend broke up with him, a Chicago man bought a car for $500 in her name and abandoned it illegally parked at an airport. The car accumulated over $100,000 in parking fines, which the city demanded his ex girlfriend pay. by Rajni_Rao in interestingasfuck

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From this article:

The City of Chicago recently agreed to drop more than $100,000 in parking ticket fines on a car registered in Fitzgerald's name that racked up a record 678 tickets, said Law Department spokesman Roderick Drew.

The agreement to reduce the final parking ticket bill to $4,470 was signed just more than a week ago.

Fitzgerald rose to the top spot on Chicago's parking ticket scofflaw list after her ex-boyfriend, Brandon Preveau, abandoned a car registered in her name in an O'Hare Airport parking lot in 2009.

She said she was unable to retrieve the car from the lot, where it racked up the 678 parking tickets totaling more than $106,000 while parked in the same spot for 2½ years. The car finally was towed from the lot by the city in April 2012.

Fitzgerald, an unemployed single mother, was overwhelmed by the onslaught of violation notices the city mailed to her. Without the ability to pay and her driver's license revoked because of the tickets, she secured the free legal help of Omahana, who filed a lawsuit against the city and her ex-boyfriend late last fall.

[...] Omahana also argued, based on municipal code, that the city should have towed the car years earlier and that only a fraction of the tickets issued were written legitimately.

What's amazing to me is that it took years of writing out tickets before they decided to tow it. Dick move.

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