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[–] brap@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nonsense. It was the whole Wikipedia article about the Bedouin.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ooh that sounds interesting!

[–] NovaSel@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I agree, I'll have to read that after I'm done with my Rome thing

[–] Starski@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It was actually dry aged beef tonight

[–] kdcd@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

I learned about ice shoves!

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

Woke up last night to look up why pronounce and pronunciation don't both have the letter "o" at the 5th position.

Cue research about the great vowel shift.

[–] Broadfern@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Don’t send me down that rabbit hole please

[–] NovaSel@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Oo that reminds me, I have a 3 hour long video on the Roman Empire to finish watching