More tall tales growing taller in the retelling. I Find "Mysterious Universe" website fun reading. However, the authors are not known for checking the veracity of the claims they report. Case in Point: the article states the Frösöstenen (Frösö Runestone) is said to depict the Storsjöodjuret. This runestone commemorates a bridge and the Christianization of Jamtland. The Text reads: "Austmaðr, Guðfastr's son, had this stone raised and this bridge built and Christianized Jämtland. Ásbjörn built the bridge. Trjónn and Steinn carved these runes." No mention of a monster. And having the text written on the image of a snake or dragon was a common artistic motif in what is known as the Jellinge Style--a phase of Scandinavian animal art during the 10th century which is characterized by markedly stylized and often band-shaped bodies of animals.
Does Michael Crichton really fit? Go to any Bookstore or library and look for his book in the Science Fiction section. He most likely won't be there. Go to his web presence http://www.michaelcrichton.com/ Search "Science Fiction" and you will get no results. Most of his books are thrillers or some sort of action fantasy wrapped in a reaction to science. With the exception of computers, the man was anti-science/technology. The drivers for much of his plots involves an attitude that technology is bad, coupled with misuse or misstating of scientific progress. If you ever do a video on luddite fiction, Crichton is your man.
The Simpsons did not call it. Only kinda close. Yes, the US won gold for the first time. However, that was for Men's curling. Unless Marge has some secret gender issues, she is a woman. Therefore, Marge Homer and Principal Skinner were a Mixed Doubles team. Those medals went to Canada(gold) Switzerland(silver) and Norway(bronze). "Sure, it's a sport that doesn't require physical fitness," Perhaps you should find a curling club and try it out. The stone weighs 38 to 48 pounds. And the playing area is 150 feet long.
I seriously doubt they were _reading_ those books. If the fragments were found in the cannon barrels, they were most likely using the pages of the books for wadding to keep the cannonballs in place.
Kinda interesting. However, some of the stories are dubious at best. Haraldr Hálfdanarson, commonly called Haraldr Hárfagri, (literally "Harald Fair-hair) was described in several of the Kings' sagas He ruled from 872–930: a couple of centuries before those sagas were written). While the story about his refusal to cut his hair until he ruled as a king is commonly known, the nickname "the lousy" is a new one. He was sometimes known as"Shockhead" or "Tanglehair" (Haraldr lúfa). Ivar Ragnarsson AKA "Ivarr inn beinlausi" died about 873 CE. The existing accounts of him were written a couple of centuries after he lived, and those blended in plenty of magic and folklore. He was said to have won one battle by defeating a bewitched cow named Sibilja. The Scandinavian sagas clearly describe Ivarr as 'lacking bones'. The mid-twelfth century poem Hattalykill says he was 'without any bones at all' (clearly a medical impossibility). The sagas also say that 'neither love nor lust played any part in his life', and he died childless. Was he impotent-- "boneless?" It might have been an ironic nickname, for which the Vikings were well-known, in much the same way as we refer to a fat man as "Slim"or a tall man as "Tiny" - so a larger than average Viking might be called "Boneless", or he may simply have had very supple joints (in modern terms - 'double-jointed'). Osteogenises imperfecta,is only one of several hypotheses. And I seriously doubt anyone dared call him "boneless" to his face.
No news here. Mental Floss is getting pretty lame. Notice all the weasel words in the piece. "I suppose" and "can be a word." "'Bells on bobtail ring?' That refers to a horse's tail that has been cut short, which bells were sometimes hung on for decoration." Nope. The bells ware attached to the harness--not the horse. Matins is not an Anglican word. It predates Henry VIII's church by about 15 centuries. Matins is derived from Latin matutinum or matutinae, meaning "of the morning" usually at cock-crow. Anyone who has read the "Brother Cadfael" mysteries or "The Name of The Rose"is familiar with the term. Coursers were fast horses used in medieval warfare. Coursers were used for cavalry-style fast attacks, as opposed to destriers, which were the heavily armored war horses. Coursing is the pursuit of game by dogs—chiefly greyhounds and other sighthounds. It was finally outlawed in 2004--unless you are using dogs to kill rabbits or rats.
Rather snarky little piece, Zeon. Those Christmas puddings are a fairly long standing tradition. They are also paid for out of the Queen's personal account. The staff are also given a gift voucher, the value of which increases with length of service. And. These "cheapo" gifts are also handed out to the recipients by the Queen herself.
By the way, when you consider the price of the puddings alone, when was the last time your employer spent almost $10,000 dollars out of pocket for you and your co-workers. If he/she spent anything, it was probably out of the company expense account.
If they decided to go scuba diving, they are doing it wrong. Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCUBA) involves the use of compressed breathing gas (usually air) to stay under water. Sarah was only using a snorkel at the time.
I work in a plasma center. That plasma is used to make dozens of medications and therapies for people with compromised immune systems. Plasma is usually a clear, straw-colored liquid. However, every so often, someone comes in and their plasma looks like cream of chicken soup. The term for that is "lipemic plasma." What is going on, is the person has consumed a large amount of saturated fats. Those saturated fats are the kind that can be solid at room temperature. Butter, heavy cream, lard, cheese, bacon, sausage, ham, and so forth, contain fats that can float along in the blood stream. It is especially obvious when the red cells are separated (usually by a centrifuge) I suspect those fats are part of what makes people drowsy after Thanksgiving dinner. For several hours, their blood has been turned to a fatty sludge. Blaming the tryptophan in turkey makes little sense. Turkey has slightly more than beef 0.24 g per 100 g of food. Beef has 0.23g. Cheddar cheese has more than Turkey 0.32g.
Most of his books are thrillers or some sort of action fantasy wrapped in a reaction to science. With the exception of computers, the man was anti-science/technology. The drivers for much of his plots involves an attitude that technology is bad, coupled with misuse or misstating of scientific progress. If you ever do a video on luddite fiction, Crichton is your man.
Did you forget Cowboys & Aliens?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH7KZD5vGBY
Guess the aliens weren't all that big . . .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWaI9UZ-LYw
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqUyI5IIDOM&t=335s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgGcwbtQTss
Yes, the US won gold for the first time.
However, that was for Men's curling. Unless Marge has some secret gender issues, she is a woman. Therefore, Marge Homer and Principal Skinner were a Mixed Doubles team. Those medals went to Canada(gold) Switzerland(silver) and Norway(bronze). "Sure, it's a sport that doesn't require physical fitness," Perhaps you should find a curling club and try it out. The stone weighs 38 to 48 pounds. And the playing area is 150 feet long.
Artfully stated.
Haraldr Hálfdanarson, commonly called Haraldr Hárfagri, (literally "Harald Fair-hair) was described in several of the Kings' sagas He ruled from 872–930: a couple of centuries before those sagas were written). While the story about his refusal to cut his hair until he ruled as a king is commonly known, the nickname "the lousy" is a new one. He was sometimes known as"Shockhead" or "Tanglehair" (Haraldr lúfa).
Ivar Ragnarsson AKA "Ivarr inn beinlausi" died about 873 CE. The existing accounts of him were written a couple of centuries after he lived, and those blended in plenty of magic and folklore. He was said to have won one battle by defeating a bewitched cow named Sibilja.
The Scandinavian sagas clearly describe Ivarr as 'lacking bones'. The mid-twelfth century poem Hattalykill says he was 'without any bones at all' (clearly a medical impossibility).
The sagas also say that 'neither love nor lust played any part in his life', and he died childless. Was he impotent-- "boneless?"
It might have been an ironic nickname, for which the Vikings were well-known, in much the same way as we refer to a fat man as "Slim"or a tall man as "Tiny" - so a larger than average Viking might be called "Boneless", or he may simply have had very supple joints (in modern terms - 'double-jointed'). Osteogenises imperfecta,is only one of several hypotheses. And I seriously doubt anyone dared call him "boneless" to his face.
Other not so nicely named historical figures include:
Constantine the Name of Shit
Haakon the Crazy
Henry the Impotent
Ivaylo the Swineherd
Jean the Poorest Man in France
John Lackland/Softsword
Justinian the Slitnosed
http://www.medievalists.net/2013/10/alfonso-the-slobberer-and-ivar-the-boneless-worst-nicknames-for-medieval-rulers/
"'Bells on bobtail ring?' That refers to a horse's tail that has been cut short, which bells were sometimes hung on for decoration." Nope. The bells ware attached to the harness--not the horse.
Matins is not an Anglican word. It predates Henry VIII's church by about 15 centuries. Matins is derived from Latin matutinum or matutinae, meaning "of the morning" usually at cock-crow. Anyone who has read the "Brother Cadfael" mysteries or "The Name of The Rose"is familiar with the term.
Coursers were fast horses used in medieval warfare. Coursers were used for cavalry-style fast attacks, as opposed to destriers, which were the heavily armored war horses. Coursing is the pursuit of game by dogs—chiefly greyhounds and other sighthounds. It was finally outlawed in 2004--unless you are using dogs to kill rabbits or rats.
Those Christmas puddings are a fairly long standing tradition. They are also paid for out of the Queen's personal account. The staff are also given a gift voucher, the value of which increases with length of service.
And. These "cheapo" gifts are also handed out to the recipients by the Queen herself.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/891313/Queen-Christmas-gift-palace-staff-voucher-present-Royal-family-Prince-Philip
By the way, when you consider the price of the puddings alone, when was the last time your employer spent almost $10,000 dollars out of pocket for you and your co-workers. If he/she spent anything, it was probably out of the company expense account.
Plasma is usually a clear, straw-colored liquid. However, every so often, someone comes in and their plasma looks like cream of chicken soup. The term for that is "lipemic plasma." What is going on, is the person has consumed a large amount of saturated fats.
Those saturated fats are the kind that can be solid at room temperature. Butter, heavy cream, lard, cheese, bacon, sausage, ham, and so forth, contain fats that can float along in the blood stream. It is especially obvious when the red cells are separated (usually by a centrifuge) I suspect those fats are part of what makes people drowsy after Thanksgiving dinner. For several hours, their blood has been turned to a fatty sludge.
Blaming the tryptophan in turkey makes little sense. Turkey has slightly more than beef 0.24 g per 100 g of food. Beef has 0.23g. Cheddar cheese has more than Turkey 0.32g.
Washing down your Pervitin with decaf.