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/his/ be straight with me. Were "Wicker Men" a real thing? Did Pagans really burn people alive inside wicker statues to appease their gods?
Well they certainly did things more fucked up than that, that we know of.
I wouldn't be surprised at all.
>>84493
Its doubtful and the source is of dubious origins.
Also for all the evils the Romans accused the Celts of they'd done plenty themselves and would go on doing them, hard.
>>84493
maybe not that very act but im sure they had equally cruel things they did
battleship yamato vs battleship iowa
who wins?
>>84446
>battle of samar isn't historical
are you kidding me?
>>84430
SBD Dauntlesses
Atrocity/ debauchery general, because it's just so goddamn fascinating. Keep it SFW, no gore pictures
Here's a classic one:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731
>Unit 731 was a covertbiologicalandchemical warfareresearch and development unit of theImperial Japanese Armythat undertook lethalhuman experimentation during theSecond Sino-Japanese War(1937–1945) ofWorld War II.
>Vivisections were performed on prisoners after infecting them with various diseases. Researchers performed invasive surgery...
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>>84255
Whoops, my phone messed up copy-pasting the first line. My bad
>>84255
At least we know how to treat frostbite now.
>>84255
unit who?
Is there a recurring trend in what causes the downfall of empires?
>>84233
foreign invaders
modern word for this is immigration
invading russia during the winter
>>84233
yes
Why is Hell usually interpreted literally in Christianity?
>>83986
why not?
>>83986
Because the bible is physically the WORD of G*D.
>>84393
>t. luther
Don't know much about the history of food, other than food no doubt gets complex over history. What are some primary resources which describes how food was prepared in ancient times?
Related, I've been wondering: when was salt discovered and how was it originally implemented?
>>83670
Nigga, salt is good as fuck. It's always been prized
Dunno much about shit outside medieval europe but I could tell you some stuff if you'd like
I do actually know a little bit about the Columbian Exchange and how that shaped diets and agriculture in the 15th century and up.
>>83707
I'm not saying salt is bad. Don't know what gave you that idea. I'm aware that salt is important to understanding the history of food, but I was wondering who first discovered it and how, and what were general applications of it.
Describe to me medieval recipes.
http://www.foodtimeline.org
This is a very comprehensive site with an extensive bibliography. Some of the html might be wonky but there is good information here.
Alan Turing.
Badass father of modern cryptography, or total dick-gargling fag.
Discuss.
>>83658
That was just an ugly part of his past the British government cured and rehabilitated him.
Sadly mental illness did eventually get the best of him forshame he was a good man
>>83658
Man was basically the reason for computers working the way they do today. Arguably as important as tesla to modern day electronics.
Fuck the British government, turned an incredible mathematician into a mentally fucked mess.
Just watched a horribly shit movie about him - if that awful movie is anything accurate then I'd say he's literally a spergy autist faggot who helped invent the modern computer (note that Pascal had that shit down a few centuries before electricity)
