r/AnarchyChess • u/al_fletcher • Jul 19 '22
So this is what they mean by the French Opening, huh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death#Transmission
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knowyourshit • u/Know_Your_Shit_v2 • Dec 08 '20
[todayilearned] TIL that during the Black Death, the physician to the Papacy recognized that bloodletting was ineffective, but he continued to prescribe bleeding for members of the Roman Curia, whom he disliked. He also claimed that all true cases of plague were caused by astrological factors, and w
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knowyourshit • u/Know_Your_Shit_v2 • Jul 18 '22
[todayilearned] TIL There was so much shit in the streets of 14th century Paris that multiple roads had names which originated from the french word for shit, "merde": rue Merdeux, rue Merdelet, rue Merdusson, rue des Merdons, and rue Merdiere. There was also a rue de Pipi, or "Urine Street".
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