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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Oh dear. I read that as ‘fisting’ at first.
I picked the wrong day to give up sniffing glue.
21 2 ReplyJapan is attacked by sea creatures.
England is besieged by Snailfist and his legion of slime.
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