Helen of Troy — The Actress
Helen of Troy, by the way. The actress cast as Helen of Sparta in Nolan’s Odyssey. The face that launched a thousand ships.
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Dave Bautista and Tom Holland — Greek Mythos Warriors
Dave Bautista and Tom Holland, in full Greek armor, holding gyros and Mythos. This is the most Greek thing ever produced for a commercial. Mythos...
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Telemachus Through the Ages — Pottery to Tom Holland
Telemachus from pottery 1200 BCE: armoured warrior with spear. Telemachus in The Odyssey (Tom Hanks): shirtless on a wall. Telemachus in The Odyssey (Tom Holland):...
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Shakespeare’s Pencils — 2B or Not 2B
ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNCOVER CACHE OF PENCILS BELONGING TO WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. ‘They’re so badly chewed at the ends, we can’t tell if they’re 2B or not 2B.’...
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I Hate It When Hitler Steals My Nutella
Google autocomplete: ‘i hate it when hitler steals my nutella’ Me: crying Vocaloid girl The internet’s greatest search suggestion. Ever.
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WWI Generals — 5cm of Ground, 30,000 Casualties
WW1 generals when they advance 5cm with 30,000 casualties: 😊 The Western Front in a single meme. Miles of mud, rivers of blood, gains measured...
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Greek Philosopher or Ailment — The Puzzle
A Wrong Hands puzzle by John Atkinson. Can you tell which is a Greek philosopher and which is a disease? Typhus? Epimenides? Anaxarchus? Septicemia? Panaetius?...
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Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor — The Military Industrial Complex Wins
Japan: ‘Let’s attack the US to teach them a lesson about embargoes.’ The American military industrial complex: GM, Ford, Boeing. FDR’s smile says everything. The...
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Porsche Wants Into the Defense Industry — Remember Who You Are
Porsche: luxury sports cars. Also Porsche (someday): tanks. ‘Remember who you are’ — a Porsche 911 looking up at a Tiger tank in space. The...
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Odyssey Casting Controversy — Threads Reacts
Threads post with 245K views: What we want (blonde Penelope) vs What we got. The top comment says it all: ‘Why did we change the...
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Naming Cities After Yourself — The Brain Evolution
Level 1: Founding 20 cities and naming them all after yourself. Level 2: Murdering your twin to name a single city after yourself. Level 3:...
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Byzantine Discussion BDSM Club
A Byzantine-themed BDSM club advertisement. The empress holds a whip while a scholar-knight reads strategy and politics. The artist’s signature is visible. Some historical aesthetics...