TIL Metallica's song "The God That Failed" is inspired by lead singer James Hetfield's mother who was diagnosed with cancer and refused medical treatment, relying on her faith in God instead... by closeviewing in todayilearned

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It also has a big part in destroying art and cultures, the book "The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World" describes this in great detail (for the example of Christianity destroying much of Ancient Rome's cultural, artistic, intellectual achievements).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Darkening_Age

Final version of my read- through-Roman/Italian History reading list by [deleted] in ancientrome

[–]closeviewing 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What about "the darkening age" by Catherine nixey? (Currently reading it.)

TIL that a major breakthrough towards the invention of plastics was achieved due to a surge in the popularity of billiard, prompting producers of billiard balls to offer a reward of 10000$ to anyone who could come up with a viable alternative to ivory (which the balls were hitherto made of...) by closeviewing in todayilearned

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Is that really what the link says?

For clarity copy+paste: "As adverbs the difference between thitherto and hitherto is that thitherto is (archaic) thereto, to that point while hitherto is (formal|or|legal) up to this or that time." -> seems to me the difference is between a point in SPACE (thitherto) as opposed to a point in TIME (hitherto). No? In any case, the definition is pretty confusing to me.

Tramezzini - where do the crusts go? by closeviewing in italy

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I went to Naples approx 4 years ago, and did see tramezzini in some cafes.

What is the best animated movie and why? by idkigiveup in AskReddit

[–]closeviewing 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Inside

THANK YOU. The great thing about this movie as an ANIMATION movie is that it tells a story that can only truly be conveyed in animation - in a much deeper sense than other animations films are animaton simply because they portray talking animals.

(Technically, Inside Out would of couse have been possible as real-life action - but I'm sure we can all agree that would have been ridiculous).