TIL that a bunch of medieval manuscripts featured illustrations of knights fighting giant snails, and no one knows why
TIL that a bunch of medieval manuscripts featured illustrations of knights fighting giant snails, and no one knows why
www.bbc.com The mystery of the medieval fighting snails
The pages of medieval books are stalked by a ferocious monster: the fighting snail.
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Its easy to forget that yeolden times were also capable of satire.
7 0 ReplyNuh-uh, according to game of thrones they only scowled at dragons
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