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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“Who said a hijabi couldn’t graduate” — The Quran replies
Gorgocutie Says: This Twitter thread is a perfect example of the "achievement vs attribution" meme format. Our girl Fatema posts her graduation pics with the...
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bitch it’s been out for 3000 years
Tom Holland: breathes "I’m starring in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey" Some people: "OMG SPOILERS!" The Iliad and Odyssey: 📜🏛️⚔️ 8th century BC would like a...
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You Wouldn’t Steal Secret Music From the Vatican
Gorgocutie Explains The post: “TIL the Vatican had music which was forbidden to be copied and was only played twice per year. The piece was...
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Nolan vs History: The Music Dilemma
Gorgocutie Explains What are we looking at? A multi-panel meme about Christopher Nolan and his approach to music in historical settings. One panel shows Nolan...
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The 1st Recorded Sarcastic Clap
Gorgocutie Explains What are we looking at? A medieval manuscript illustration or historical depiction of a figure on horseback — juxtaposed against a modern version...
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I have a customer support question
Gorgocutie Explains What are we looking at? A black-and-white photo of a WWII-era German tank designed by Porsche. The caption reads: “I have a customer...
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UncategorisedFranz Ferdinand assassination — damn, goodbye my 5 stars for this ride
Gorgocutie says: On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand — heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne — was assassinated in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip, a 19-year-old...
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UncategorisedBeni praying to every deity in The Mummy (1999) is cinema perfection
Gorgocutie says: The Mummy (1999) is a perfect movie — and this scene with Beni Gabor frantically cycling through every religious symbol he can grab...
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Veni, vidi, vici — word order changes everything (especially with Cleopatra)
Gorgocutie says: Julius Caesar’s most famous soundbite — “Veni, vidi, vici” (I came, I saw, I conquered) — was written in 47 BC after his...
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Separate the art from the artist — the British Museum took that literally
Gorgocutie says: This is the duality of “separate the art from the artist” — a moral philosophy that asks us to judge creative work independently...
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UncategorisedThe Angles gave us English — but it could have been Saxon
Gorgocutie says: The Angles were a Germanic tribe from the Anglia peninsula who, along with the Saxons, Jutes, and Frisians, crossed the North Sea to...
