During the gold rush of California, a Chinese man would wash miners' clothing for free and was thought to be dumb. . . and obviously he knew better than to mine for gold when they were bringing it to him.
Because Cork was a major port, ships coming from there would be documented in immigration documents, so people confused it (when doinh geneological research) for when people from other parts of Europe would go there for traveling intercontinentally.
Levi Strauss may have made them before his patent? People seem to forget how long such pants were being made, and most likely Strauss just patented ideas that were already being done.
The tons of gold was a bit more interesting, estimated to range from 2 tons found, 3 expected, and a rumored 15 might have been secretly carried for an Army shipment.
"The S.S. Central America sank 7,200 feet deep in the Atlantic Ocean off the North Carolina coast during a hurricane on September 12, 1857. She was on a voyage from Panama to New York carrying tons of California Gold Rush coins, ingots, and gold dust from the San Francisco and Northern California area. The tragedy took the lives of 425 of the ship’s 578 passengers and crewmembers, and the loss of the gold cargo was a major factor in the economically devastating financial Panic of 1857 in the United States."
Also regarding the finding of the gold (much of what was found would amount to $76 million in today's valuation) much of it is not accounted for.
"It took nearly 30 years of litigation and reams of legal documents before a court settlement got them at least a portion of what they were owed. The last of two payments arrived in February."
I read your link up to the end of the part about The Beast of Gévaudan. I started to read a bit past that, but quickly realized that this article apparently has no end. After some determined scrolling it does appear to come to an end, god knows how many words later.
I bet you that author terrifies his friends. "Don't get him started" they will say, "he never shuts up.";)
Arthur Dee had written the key on the back of the cipher table. It read: sic alter iason aurea felici portabis uellera colcho, meaning “like a new Jason you will carry the Golden Fleece away from the lucky Colchian (or Colchos)”.
The decoded text describes the specific procedures to create the elixir of life. One step alludes to taking an alchemical “egg” from a slow-burning furnace popular with alchemists and known as an athanor. Other steps explain how long to wait for the three universal alchemical phases to occur: black, white, and red. If all the steps are followed correctly, “then you will have a truly gold-making elixir by whose benevolence all the misery of poverty is put to flight and those who suffer from any illness will be restored to health,” the text states.
I should also point out that Jesus was a Necromancer. . .
How was Jesus a necromancer?
Jesus was accused by the Romans as being a magician (or "conjuror of tricks,") and part of his claimed miracles would have been necromancy (which the Old Testament forbids on numerous occassions) of Lazarus. The Sanhedrin seems to reference his own claim to being the son of God as being sacriligeous, but it was a number of things he did that were considered contradictory to the Talmud teachings or beliefs.
This article mentions Herod and John the Baptist, though historically, Herod would have died before Jesus' claimed birth year.
I can't but help think of the Tsars of Russia with their over-the-top extravagance leading to unpopularity (which for Tsar Nicholas II it followed after an unfavorable war) when reading about Germany's Ludvig II.
Hippomobiles ("horse-drawn") Horseless carriage, was adapted to hydrogen electrolysis, though perhaps seen as being not much different from steam power performance?
Megadrought meant that ancient beans were stored away for safe keeping never to be used, while they had to abandon their structures.
You can buy the same heirloom crop of Anasazi beans which were from the 900+ year old settlements.
Of course, you could just as well pick up some pinto beans. . . Though the difference in how much "gas power" you get from pinto is as much as 75%, and Anasazi beans generally seem more desirable.
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The common bean (or kidney bean), lima and pinto beans were favored among the Aztec and Inca civilizations, who cultivated the beans over 5,000 years ago
I had to find out what this was referring to (The Baron of Combrelles (Part 1))
I hadn't seen the guy's presence (the last time it was on Myspace where his photos of his family seemed a bit uneasy) online in over a decade (I randomly came across his Amazon reviews when looking at a Star Wars movie collection.) He is a bit of an oddball. . .
The Freemasons would use a cipher, which is not unlike early Christians during the ancient Roman empire (they would communicate using code when it was considered outlawed by Rome.)
The one bodyguard assigned to Ford’s Theater to protect President Lincoln abandoned his post for a drink on the night of the assassination–and wasn’t fired for it https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/04/ ... bodyguard/
The Star Saloon that the guard visited during intermission also had John Wilkes Booth show up, where he then proceeded to Lincoln's booth where he had earlier readied to carry out his plan to assassinate him. (more backstory is on the photo page)
Written on his gravestone is a tribute to the man who was ‘Victor in the Combat at Perth in 1396’, the only man to survive the Battle of The Clans. Seath himself would not pass away until 1405.
I was looking into this as well, and apparently, the "homing stones" mean the same thing as honing. I was wondering if it had a similar tradition to Scandinavian cairns (rock mounds that are intended to point out landscape markers) to help identify the grave? Maybe these were the stones used to create headstones for the various clans' people that died in the battle, and as a way of showing respect, the tools that were used were placed on his grave?
Often graves would get easily lost over time, though it does seem fairly unique for any grave monument, and this might have been the result over time of people messing with the grave site, so it would be interesting to know the origins of when it was left there (kind of like the iron grate was a fairly recent addition.) Evidently, the grate gets removed periodically for cleaning since I've seen photos of grass growing through the grates, and the stones would gradually sink down over time.
Supposedly those stones have some kind of occult reference to a Gaelic guardian spirit called the Bordach an Duin. Anyone who molests the "homing stones" are terrorized or killed by a Bodach? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodach
A Belgium festival (which would influence the tradition of Mardi Gras, since it occurs on the same day) that revolted against Napoleonic laws which forbade masks, was likely an inspiration for V for Vendetta?
I had to find out the actual festival reference because looking up Gilles (which are based on some kind of Belgium Folklore, though seems to be a direct mocking of a Belgian bourgois/nobility who opposed it) didn't make it very clear. Though the Gilles are popular in this festival, they seem to embrace a more medieval influence.
The subject of Pierrot (meaning an actor, masquerader, or buffoon) is unclear. It may have been a theatrical sign for a café or it could have been a sign for a fairground show.
Generally the character of Pierrot in the Commedia dell'Arte was staged to be the fool. Watteau's sad clown has reason to be sad as he may be destined for a broken heart. Traditionally, the Pierrot's love interest, Columbine, leaves him for Harlequin. Despite his fate, the character of Pierrot is trusting and proves to be naïve, moonstruck and distant to reality.
If you actually think about it, the resemblance of the Gilles in the festival looks uncannily like the armor that was gifted to King Henry VIII by the Holy Roman Emperor? The outfit that the Gilles wear is very much of that time period, and it doesn't specify when the Gilles first showed up in the parade, though the tradition of the parade started in the 14th century.
Wikipedia claims it shows similar likeness to a playing card character, referred to as Schellenunter or Knave/fool of Bells.
Similarly, their might have been other influences?
I suspect he might have just commissioned it from Emperor Maximilians Armorer since it appears as though Henry might have actually worn it in jest, though it does make me wonder if such a gift would have made him turn against the Pope's authority (though still remaining a Catholic until the end of his life.)
Shaming masks (I can see A LOT OF similarities to the Henry VIII helmet, and reading the comments it seems some of these were actually used in tournaments and not for shaming?) https://cvltnation.com/know-your-place- ... ame-masks/
"Archaeological excavations suggest that primitive hunter-gatherer groups were more egalitarian than the complex civilizations that emerged after the agricultural revolution. Focusing on the Near East, researchers from Durham University found that societies became increasingly unequal as they transitioned from the Neolithic period into the Iron Age, between 1200 and 900 BC."
The vast majority of human progress is measured by the extent to which we bullshit ourselves with material possessions, enough to justify the enslavement of others who would go along willfully to justify "identity."
Rather than offer up something like a sword to someone, people bury it with the dead, or bury a boat, or construct a terracotta army (or kill people to bury them as an offering.) And whenever a human sacrifice was offered it was always of the downtrodden.