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  • egrets@lemmy.worldtoToday I Learned@lemmy.worldI'd probably propose tbf
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    19 hours ago

    No, but he thinks another soldier did. It’s a bit of a grim tale (though that page doesn’t cite its sources, so take this with a grain of salt):

    the kitten was one of two who were orphaned after a soldier shot their mother for “yeowling”. The marine who adopted the other kitten killed it after rolling over on it in his sleep.

    But Praytor’s kitten survived. He fed her on meat from ration cans. After Praytor left her to return home, she became something of a mascot for the company’s public information office. Praytor believed another marine, corporal Conrad Fisher, eventually adopted her and brought her home to the United States.

    Edit: this history enthusiast’s page corroborates the story with a citation of Frank D. Praytor, “The Commandant and the Cat,” The Greybeards 23, no. 3 (May-June 2009): 30-31, 65















  • egrets@lemmy.worldtoCasual UK@feddit.ukMissing Skeletons
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    I’m late to the party, but speaking of the Bayeux Tapestry, modern archeology has never found any convincing evidence of the Battle of Hastings either, despite the battleground being fairly well historically indicated. It’s even led to speculation – generally dismissed by scholars – that the battle didn’t happen near the site of the abbey that was meant to have been constructed on be spot.



  • (Their) women who have become masters in their duties:
    High priestesses who keep (their) vow to their bridegrooms,
    Cloistered women who, with their skill, nourish the womb with life,
    Holy women who cleanse with pure water.
    They keep the prohibitions and adhere to what is sacred,
    Kneeling in prayer, armed with a supplication,
    Reverent and vigilant, mindful of good works,
    They visit the sanctuaries, seeking life.
    Skilled in benevolence, they act with propriety.
    [They (the women) are the cows] of all Babylon, the herds of Ištar,
    They (the men) are the ones freed by Marduk.
    He (scil. Marduk) will never permit them to be robbed, nor to be slandered.

    From the PDF linked on this Cambridge University Press page. The CUP themselves only included one line from that section.