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In stories from the Middle Ages and previous centuries where people are executed for strange crimes like ‘excessive public laughter’ or ‘wearing one shoe in public’ are these satirical hyperbole or were people put to death for bizarre ‘crimes’ in days gone by?
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[WP] The planets are named after Roman Gods. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto. The planets are actually the sleeping Gods. The Gods begin to wake one by one, starting with Earth. Earth becomes aware of what humans have done to her and calls out to the planets.
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[WP] The human race has died. Our cities lie empty and quiet. You are an animal that was never labeled at sentient because you feared revealing yourself. You survey the damage the humans did. Realizing Earth is free of the two legs, today everything changes for you and your family.
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In Bullfinch’s Mythology, who are the people called the Aethiopians? This sounds like the modern day word for Ethiopia but I’m afraid it may be a confusing translation. The passage mentions them being so favored the gods visit from Olympus.
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In the documentary series ‘The Story of Europe’, it is mentioned that when Constantine is parading towards the temple after his paramount major victory he stops and turns around and is booed by the crowd, can someone explain what this means?
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[WP] Satan was the ruler of heaven and it was God that rebelled. Satan was sent to live on another planet in isolation with his followers. Today humans landed on that planet.
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The knight tomb covers in many medieval churches that are carved to look like their dead with armor on and their sword in hand, were these stones mass produced or custom made when a person died?
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In Biology we learned about how the different sensory organs in the body require balances of different ions to function. For example, the inner ear has a membrane full of K+ rich fluid. Can we infer then that a lack of needed ions in the body then causes a decrease in senses?
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