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Stone cooking supports used to grill skewers of meat by Minoans on Santorini, circa 3600 years old. The line of holes in the base supplied coals with oxygen. Many consider modern "souvlaki" street kebabs a direct descendant of this portable food system. Museum of Prehistoric Thera, Greece. More: https://thetravelbible.com/museum-of-artifacts/

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aroace flag but it's colorpicked from this image of tintin :)

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*emerges from the other room covered in blood* you should see the word document

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When people get a little too gung-ho about-

wait. cancel post. gung-ho cannot be English. where did that phrase come from? China?

ok, yes. gōnghé, which is…an abbreviation for “industrial cooperative”? Like it was just a term for a worker-run organization? A specific U.S. marine stationed in China interpreted it as a motivational slogan about teamwork, and as a commander he got his whole battalion using it, and other U.S. marines found those guys so exhausting that it migrated into English slang with the meaning “overly enthusiastic”.

That’s…wild. What was I talking about?

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its important to do this every time a museum or school thinks this is a good idea

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If you wait until you're "better" or "good enough" to start treating yourself like you deserve to be happy, you'll die waiting. By the way. 💚

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Hi, I invite you to behold my favorite plate. The fish plate

Can I come over to your house for a fish-themed tea party?

[ ] Yes

[ ] No

[ ] Maybe

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me telling my friends they’re right but on my way to do exactly the opposite of what they told me:

#do NOT buy plane tickets to nyc. i won't even be there for most of the summer i won't even be there until late late late may

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First rule of reincarnation is to have insane sex with the guy who killed you last time

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frying things in oil is great because not only do you get a delicious crispy object that's sure to satisfy, but you get to imagine how your sudden and violent oil-related death would get reported in the news every time the oil starts screaming

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got so high I got scared and had to get out of the car to calm down and a coyote immediately sprinted out of the underbrush and stalked towards me

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I would never be mean to my friend and lover public transport but the bus does take the piss sometimes

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It's dishonest work and it's a lot. And nobody needs to do it

#honestly? sage thestomach.

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coming for you

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Today is the only day you can reblog this 😔😔😔