1Thing #7

#7 Stripes on zebras keep the horse flies away. Wow in the World

1Thing #6

#6 There was a soft drink called Ratithor which was basically water with Radeon. Everything is Alive #1

1Thing #5

#5 Li Yi pretended to be an idiot as a protection mechanism before becoming emperor, but was later considered the last capable Tang Emperor. THOC #115

1Thing #3 & #4

#3 The inventor of Dothraki thinks that the word “Khaleesi” is mispronounced in the show. allusionist #95

#4 The inventor of Dothraki did not want to have a Dothraki word for “horse” as he feels that in that culture there would be different words for different types of horses, but he would not be able to control which horses were used in each scene. allusionist #95

1Thing #2

#2/ The word “forecasting” was invented to describe weather forecasting as predicting the future was seen as immoral by Victorian standards. 99pi, #316

1Thing #1

I started to write down in a little notebook some notes from podcasts that I listen to and decided to share them with you. Sometimes, it’s the main point of the episode, often it’s a side note that I found interesting. They will be tagged with 1thing.

#1/ A Chinese movie about Wu Zetian (the only female Empress of China, ruling 655-683 CE) featured historically-accurate costumes, but had to be edited as these were thought to be too revealing for modern standards. The History of China