For the bean story with Pythagoras, he actually didn't HATE beans. He loved them to a fault. He thought beans were like the containers for reincarnated souls or something. So he refused to step on them out of respect.
The donkey eating figs does have... a little bit of a reason. Apparently, figs were a very fancy people's food back then, so it was amusing to see a "mere animal" eating it. And the joke he made was that the donkey might as well also have wine to down it with. No clue how that was so funny he died by whatever.
Dropsy is similar to edema, so its possible that Heraclitus was suffering from organ failure/damage (heart, liver, kidney) & would have died soon anyway, but there were definitely less painful ways than being ripped apart by dogs while covered in manure. Its possible that the condition that led to the edema also affected his rational decision making ability, which would make a lot of sense.
I love stupid laws. Theirs a quote I remember hearing that’s absolutely true “when a rule is made, theirs a story behind it” for example in a few different American states: in Virginia it’s illegal to tickle someone without consent, in Florida it’s illegal to skateboard with a Porcupine, in Arizona it’s illegal to have a donkey sleep in your bathtub, and in California it’s illegal to whistle for a lost canary before 7am
@@fist-of-doom487In Utah it's illegal to not drink milk. I have no idea why, but my personal theory is that it came from back when they still had the milk man come by and didn't have proper refrigeration, so it was a law made to prevent wasted dairy. Though that's just my theory.
I think Milo was actually on Stupid Deaths once. I definitely heard the story before, and that sounds like it could be where I heard it. I loved Stupid Deaths so much
My mom's dog eats his own poop on a regular basis, and I didn't understand it either until my friend who understands dogs better than I do told me that it's to hide his presence from predators (an instinctual thing, so it doesn't matter that there aren't any predators to worry about). Since I have no better explanation, that's the theory I subscribe to.
0:43 what i think you're referring to is the punishment for thievery in Islam, although it had more specific requirements, one of which is that they need to steal the equivalent of a quarter of dinar (around 120$ if we go by the current price of gold, and you can guess how much more it was at time), something that a loaf of bread will never reach normally, not only that, but the fact that every Muslim that has enough money is obligated to give the poor a certain amount of their money, Crops, or livestock, making the need for thievery much less frequent.
my girlfriend her brother tought it would be funny to see her struggle with a bow it didn't work out the way he intended as she ended up getting very much invested in Archery
Sounds like Pythagoras had a bit of the ‘tism huh? (Disclaimer this is a joke made by someone who is needing to be tested for autism and is neurodivergent. No harm is meant as it’s just a joke. Thank you :) )
I regret eating my breakfast oat meal and watching this when I heard "The Boats" I knew I had to put down my oat meal. Edit: if you are on RU-vid this long you will sometimes get bored and click random vids one of those vids I watched before was the most gruesome punishment in medieval times it was quite prevalent along side RedTube for those who know what that is tell no one for those who don't I don't know if it still exist and also lucky you.
Funny enough while Persia was dictatorship, they ban slavery and avg citizens had more rights than and major civilisation for centuries in that region, and mind you, women could be doctors in Egypt and Persian women had more rights
Patterz:"Maybe we're a little bit more humane now" the nukes trying to not make themselves known even tough a lot of countries fucked that up to a fault:
This is might be the most unusual comment here (I think?) But with your knack for lore... I am genuinely interested on what your thoughts would be on the 2b2t anarchy Minecraft server? I know, weird question and you probably won't even see this comment. But eh! No harm in trying ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
So, uhm, we look at cat videos and find them eating silly or falling funny. Imagine a human who doesn't know that other animals eat "human" food, too, because education is low and diets haven't been studied for humans, let alone animals in any sort of extent. Giggles dying from a Donkey eating a fig is bizarre, because laughter shouldn't kill you unless you have asthma or heart failure, or something else wrong they didn't know about yet.
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