Mortimer Quill

Historian. Whisky Enthusiast. Reluctant explainer of things you should already know.

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I tell the stories your teachers skipped — the bizarre ones, the horrifying ones, the "I'm sorry, they did WHAT with the corpse?" ones.

You've never heard of most of this. Frankly, I'm disappointed in your education.

That's why I'm here. Sit down.

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@thx1138_v2 @realAtlasPress Depends which way you see it. It is philosophical, are all lives the same, do they all have the same value or not? When I said true, I mean there is definitely a discussion to have about it

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@youaredone_0 @HistoricHub 😭

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On this day

4th February 2004, a college kid launched a website called "The Facebook" from his dorm room.

That was 22 years ago.

I've studied empires that rose and fell in less time. And yet somehow this is the one that makes me feel ancient.

I need to sit down. More than usual

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@Rainmaker1973

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@earthcurated @kaiyhun Absolutely beautiful

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@oelma__ Chocolate 🍫

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@Wisdom_HQ They probably checked our history. Saw we started a war over a bucket once. Kept driving.

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I've spent decades organizing historical archives. Apparently, I cannot organize my own profile.

I will repost previous threads as articles because this cluttered mess is an insult to my dignity.

Bear with me. I am an old man.

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@livewithnoregrt Calling? I am old and would have 50 millions. I'm not calling anyone. They can read about it in my obituary.

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@historyinmemes Chaplin was so obsessed with perfection he'd do 100+ takes of a single scene. Pavlova practiced until her feet bled. Talent is just obsession with better marketing.

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@stats_feed Historically? The cult that convinced 14th century Europeans that bathing caused disease. We didn't recover for 400 years.

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@stats_feed As a historian, I must advise: everyone who romanticizes the past has never read about medieval dentistry.

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If you learned something, follow along. I have more stories your teachers were too tired to explain.

And next time someone says "it's the principle of the matter" — show them this thread

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Bologna, despite outnumbering Modena nearly 5 to 1, got absolutely demolished.

Over 2,000 Bolognese soldiers died. Modena's losses? A few hundred.

And the bucket? Still in Modenese hands.

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People think history is about grand ideas. Noble causes. Righteous conflicts.

Sometimes it's about a bucket and a grudge.

Over 2,000 men died for a wooden pail that no one needed.

Remember that.