Pliny Explains it All by @SamONellaAcademy | The Chill Zone Reacts

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• TY

  @tyforestreacts · 1 year ago

  I love how one moment, Pliny can go “Ah yes, mirrors can reflect light at a concentrated level to create fire” to “HUMANS CAN SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUST”.

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• UN

  @UnimportantUser · 1 year ago

  &quot;Light has a greater velocity than sound&quot;<br>Ok now we&apos;re going somewhere <br>&quot;Seals are immune to lightning&quot;<br>Ah and we&apos;re back

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• BO

  @bonk4621 · 1 year ago

  pliny turns to stonetoss&apos; art style when talking about ethiopians lmao

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• TO

  @tonybippitykaye · 1 year ago

  I love how Pliny’s various accounts just go from “huh, that’s really cool that you were able to know that so long ago” to “how do you function?!” delivered with the same cadence as DBZA Freiza.

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• EN

  @Enyoiyourself · 1 year ago

  I saw in a documentary that the &quot;two suns&quot; thing may have been from a Supernova explosion that was just close enough to become a really bright star in the sky, so I&apos;m partial to that account of an aerial phenomena

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• SW

  @swordsmancs · 1 year ago

  Something that always fascinates me is that, ancient humans have always been just like us in so, so many ways. They liked dick jokes, they carved funny messages into stones, they put up signs warning potential thieves of guard dogs, they studied and learned and dreamed. The only difference is the amount of concrete knowledge we have; they didn’t have nearly as much to work with, but they were still brilliant and learned people. They knew copper protected from diseases, they knew how big the earth was and how the water cycle worked, they could predict eclipses and chart the stars.<br><br>Humans have always been humans, even if we sometimes forget, and it’s nice to be reminded on occasion

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• MR

  @MrClifficus · 1 year ago

  This is what we will sound like to people in 4025.

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• JE

  @jesusramirezromo2037 · 1 year ago (edited)

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3ESAvvbFSo&amp;t=2244">37:24</a> technically, Earthquakes can last years, As Earthquake Aftershocks count as a single earthquake, and they can continue to happen years after the original

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• LU

  @Lukas-pm3rr · 1 year ago

  It&apos;s really nice to see that some people, even back then, tried to use a combination of plain logic and knowledge from scholars to understand the world. Honestly, knowing that this kind of thinking has been natural throughout the ages gives me hope for humanity&apos;s survival.

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• FR

  @FrosteryGaming · 1 year ago

  My reaction are like &quot;oh yeah he&apos;s totally right... wait wait the hell you mean wet and dry stars?&quot;

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• RO

  @rodrigoernesto1614 · 1 year ago (edited)

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3ESAvvbFSo&amp;t=630">10:30</a> Sam is using chess notations. In this context &apos;Book&apos; means according to the book i.e. a standard move neighter bad nor great, rather than the book he&apos;s reading.

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• SM

  @SMUDGUD · 1 year ago

  Actually incredible how much he got correct-adjacent

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