I read that too a long time ago, and later searched for quite a while to find the source for that. And for those who don't want to search around forever like I did: it's from Saladin's biographer, Ba… (View Post)

No, I hadn't heard about that at all before! Though Odin becoming a prime god by the time of the Viking age could still be considered a "later" addition, I guess. Depending on how you look … (View Post)

The Swedish king Adolf Fredrik (1710-1771) died of what might have been a stroke or an untreated stomach ulcer. But since he had quite the feast right before he died, he has become known as the king … (View Post)

Velociraptor is in fact a genus of dinosaur and not a species. Though only two species of velociraptor are known: velociraptor mongoliensis and velociraptor osmolskae. Mongoliensis is the type specie… (View Post)

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