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congrats to the Irish

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Passing of the Federal Reserve Act (1913, colorized)

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Amethyst mushrooms. Elaeomyxa Cerifera, identified in 1942. This fungi’s fruiting structures split open to release spores which sparkle like a disco ball. It looks like a whole Galaxy in a single mushroom.

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me: *lowkey wishes people take more photos of me in a poetic way*

also me: *smacks anyone pointing a camera in my direction*

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me: sees a picture of two rocks next to each other also me: @’s my significant other

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Among Us Mortals by W.E. Hill, 1917

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The policemen said if I didn’t pay my library fine he would have to book me

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“Loving masculinity in a woman differs crucially in one way from loving it in a man: In her it is a badge of standing out, not of fitting in. It is grown into through pain, or at least a sense of separation from those less different.”

— Carol A. Queen, ‘Why I Love Butch Women’, Dagger: On Butch Women

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Sh*t Is An Old, Old Word

It can be traced back to Middle English, around the year 1000 CE, along with turd and arse. Making it one of the true Anglo-Saxon words left in English.

The word probably originated much earlier than it can be traced. Because, well, swear words tend not to get written down. They are spoken, slang words. Another piece of evidence that sh*t is older than 1000 CE is that similar words exist in other languages in the Germanic family including Dutch, Icelandic, and of course German. Which suggests that sh*t was born not in Middle English, but descended from a common ancestor in the original proto-Germanic language.

Sh*t was not always a taboo word. It initially meant, very specifically, diarrhea in cattle.