Initial-Apartment-92
Initial-Apartment-92 t1_jdey5u2 wrote
Reply to comment by JGSolorzano in TIL that the phrase “time immemorial” (as used in English common law) refers to any time prior to July 6, 1189 by b0b10b1aws1awb10g
Yes, it does mean that. We just don’t use memorial commonly to mean within memory.
Initial-Apartment-92 t1_jdexf5i wrote
Reply to comment by snow_michael in TIL that the phrase “time immemorial” (as used in English common law) refers to any time prior to July 6, 1189 by b0b10b1aws1awb10g
Is it still 1189 in the US then? Wouldn’t that mean it wouldn’t apply to anything other than Native American issues?
Initial-Apartment-92 t1_j8wbsjc wrote
Reply to TIL of the Storegga tsunami, a tsunami that struck the North Sea in 6000 BC submerging an area of land the size of MD by MyDadsGlassesCase
More like the Donger archipelago…
Initial-Apartment-92 t1_jdjli2h wrote
Reply to comment by grieverx99 in TIL that the Hemlock Water Dropwort is the most poisonous plant in the UK. Its poison constricts the muscles, causing death by asphyxia, which also causes a rictus like death grin. Use of this plant in Phoenician Sardinia for executions is the origin of the term "Sardonic Grin". by AspireAgain
Why is this getting so many upvotes? Of course most deaths from nearly any poisonous plant are due to people accidentally ingesting it?
Are most people surprised that it’s not very common to force people to knowingly eat poisonous plants anymore?