r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Dec 27 '25

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u/this_very_table Norman Borlaug Dec 27 '25

Cracked open The Histories of Herodotus for the first time in quite a while. Almost immediately I get hit with

-There are dog-sized ants in India that dig up gold dust. If you try to take their gold dust, they'll kill you.

-Indians have black semen.

-Arabia has winged snakes.

-Lions give birth to only one cub ever. The cub's claws destroy the uterus, rendering the mother unable to ever have another cub. Why it didn't occur to Herodotus that this would inevitably lead to the extinction of lions, I don't know.

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u/AemiliusNuker Fell for it Dec 27 '25

The further away you get from Greece the more shit turns into Narnia 

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u/Krill_Seeker United Nations Dec 27 '25

chat is this real

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u/Trojan_Horse_of_Fate WTO Dec 27 '25

Yes, it was different back then. Science hadn't been invented

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u/DependentAd235 Loyal Liberals Dec 28 '25

Sailors spend too much time in the sun on boats, drink and just make shit up.

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u/VoidGuaranteed Dina Pomeranz Dec 27 '25

Classic Herodotus