Mildly interesting

mark · wrote on 6 Sept 2022, 18:38

@jon-nyc I would think we would have a machine to do that. That looks like a very imprecise method and I bet the final result looks like it.

Catseye3 · wrote on 11 Sept 2022, 22:22

More at: https://anglotopia.net/british-identity/dub-thee-get-knighthood-modern-era/

"During Medieval times, becoming a knight was a method of social mobility. Beginning as a page, then moving up to squire, and finally becoming a knight. The position was one that was granted for service to a monarch, almost always for military service. Knights became their own social class, though still divided between noble and non-noble knights, and developed their own code of honour known as chivalry. Knights as a military order began to die out around the 15th Century when nations started to form professional armies. Since this time, what it means to be a knight and how one achieves this honour has changed."

Mik · 13 Sept 2022, 16:53

I thought about starting a meaningless factoids thread, but decided this belonged here.

George K · 13 Sept 2022, 17:05

@Mik I wonder if that'll work next year...

jon-nyc · 13 Sept 2022, 19:09

@George-K it works every year after your birthday has passed.

Horace · wrote on 13 Sept 2022, 17:06

Mildly interesting that it doesn’t check out. Might be a meme to make people do logic in their heads. Or maybe it is a mistake by the meme creator. Mildly interesting possibilities.

George K · wrote on 13 Sept 2022, 19:09

@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

@George-K it works every year after your birthday has passed.

I knew that. My comment was meant to be sarcastic.

Catseye3 · 23 Sept 2022, 13:29

Wiki: "In the 19th century and up to World War I, the Ottoman Empire cleared the land of Israel of its natural reserves of pine and oak trees, in order to build railways across the empire. Since it was founded the JNF (Jewish National Fund) has planted in Israel more than 185 million trees creating 280 forests, and still operates today."