SpottedSharks2022
SpottedSharks2022 t1_j6jv5rx wrote
Reply to TIL that the first use of the phrase "son-of-a-bitch" in American literature was in the 1823 book "Seventy-Six" by John Neal about the American Revolutionary War. Seventy-Six was criticized at the time for its use of profanity and was noted for its use of colloquialisms. by vrphotosguy55
John Ordway noted in 1805-06 in his journal that the Native Americans the Corps of Discovery wintered near knew lots of English phrases, including S.O.B. They picked the phrases up from English merchant trading vessels.
SpottedSharks2022 t1_izq0y70 wrote
Reply to The signing of the Magna Carta in 1215 by LukeMarwood
This is why Charles McGill could not have inverted the Mesa Verde address numbers.
SpottedSharks2022 t1_iz6fp3x wrote
The TV series Justified is set in Harlan County and has many references to those violent times.
SpottedSharks2022 t1_j794xuy wrote
Reply to TIL a sultan of Morocco, Isma‘il ibn Sharif, owned a private army called "The Black Guard" comprised of West African and Haratin slave-soldiers. Considered more loyal than the locals because of their lack of tribal affiliation, Isma‘il's black soldiers formed the bulk of his army, numbering at 150k. by delano1998
Ah, don't mess with the Unsullied.