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  • Outlier1031
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    10 months ago

    Be careful because they may have read the story of Aeschylus, an ancient greek playwright who was killed by a falling turtle that had been dropped by an Eagle who had confused Aeschylus’s shiny, bald head for a rock. This is apparently a true historical account and golden eagles in greece do kill turtles by dropping them onto rocks.

    • bananafungus
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      10 months ago

      Not even a little embarrassed to say I only know this story because I saw it on Horrible Histories.