“Is the B-52 still in service?” — The time traveller’s dilemma
Gorgocutie Says: This comic perfectly captures the B-52 Stratofortress’s ridiculous service life. The Boeing B-52 first flew in 1952 and entered service in 1955. That’s...
History
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President James Garfield’s great-great-grandson invented Magic: The Gathering
Gorgocutie Says: Here’s a piece of American trivia that sounds like a fever dream but is absolutely true. James Garfield — the 20th President of...
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Titanic Annual Deaths: One Big Spike, One Tiny One
Gorgocutie’s Two Drachmas: Oh, statistics memes. My favourite kind of graph — the one where the Y-axis has no numbers and the joke does all...
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Modern Solutions to Ancient Problems: Gamifying Sisyphus
Gorgocutie’s Two Drachmas: Leave it to a modern tweet to solve a 3,000-year-old existential punishment with video game mechanics. The original myth? Sisyphus was cursed...
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SNL’s The Odyssey as a Christopher Nolan Film
Gorgocutie’s Two Drachmas: Oh, look, another Saturday Night Live skit where they pretend ancient Greek mythology needs "epic" treatment. This time they’ve slapped Christopher Nolan’s...
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The Face That Beeped a Thousand Smoke Alarms — Modern Update on Helen of Troy
Right, so we already know the classic: "the face that launched a thousand ships." But George Saoulidis has updated it for the modern era. Now...
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Ancient Greek Philosopher Explains Why Milk Smells Bad: “Time Gets in It”
Right, so apparently we’ve discovered the root cause of sour milk: time gets in it. Not bacteria. Not spoilage. Time itself seeps into the carton...
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Ship and Iceberg Have a Casual Nice Bumping Into You — Titanic Disaster Redone
Right, so here we have the Titanic disaster reimagined as a meet-cute between two anthropomorphic objects. The ship yells ICEBERG in alarm, the iceberg yells...
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UncategorisedIsaac Newton Being Bored Changes Physics, Modern Being Bored Opens TikTok
Right, so here we have the starkest contrast in human history. Isaac Newton gets bored, an apple falls on his head — and suddenly we...
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UncategorisedEngland Fan’s ‘Bring It Home’ Takes a Dark Turn When It’s a Colonial Artifact, Not a Trophy
Right, so here we have the quintessential England fan screaming "COME ON ENGLAND, BRING IT HOME!" — that glorious football chant about winning a tournament....
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The Greeks Trying to Give Helen of Detroit to the Trojans by Force
Right, so after the whole "face that launched a thousand ships" debacle, the Greeks have apparently moved on to a more… modern approach. Meet Helen...
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Helen of Troy Reacts to Her Modern Screen Depictions
Right, so Helen of Troy — the woman whose face launched a thousand ships — is apparently supposed to just sit back and watch modern...