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alien_ghost t1_jecrhfj wrote

Reply to comment by Criticalhit_jk in TIL the milky way was named as such because of Hera's breaskmilk...An infant Hercules tried to nurse from her, and she threw him off. Allowing some milk to splash and creating the galaxy and all its stars... by Themakia

The Egyptians had a different take. It was a male god who created the Milky Way in their version...

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grat_is_not_nice t1_jediway wrote

Because of that sort of logic, they ended up with the Pharaoh having a public wank into the Nile to make the crops grow.*

  • Apparently not true, according to a quick Google.
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alien_ghost t1_jefxqmq wrote

Probably wasn't public, and it's doubtful the intent was to make the crops grow. But otherwise it sounds likely.

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