Cheerio13
Cheerio13 t1_j6ghhy3 wrote
Reply to TIL the term “cloud cuckoo land” goes back to the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes, who used it for a utopian city of birds in his farce, the Birds by Mr_Westerfield
I don't think that's actually a term.
Cheerio13 t1_j6gij4i wrote
Reply to Eli5....can you dig a well anywhere and hit water...and how did the early ranchers in the West know where to dig for water. Especially in the really dry areas? by pinkshrinkrn
In the 1940s, my grandfather used a divining rod (dowsing rod) to find the location to drill a well on his property in South Dakota. Yep, he hit water.