LopensLeftArm@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTIL that a bunch of medieval manuscripts featured illustrations of knights fighting giant snails, and no one knows whywww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square108fedilinkarrow-up1594arrow-down116cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1578arrow-down1external-linkTIL that a bunch of medieval manuscripts featured illustrations of knights fighting giant snails, and no one knows whywww.bbc.comLopensLeftArm@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square108fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareafraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoI read once on reddit that a dominos pizza guy claims people still occasionally demand the pizza for free since it took more than 30 minutes to arrive. A promotion that ran for a few months 33 years ago.
minus-squareDrivebyhaiku@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoBut immortalized in stuff like the Ninja Turtles movie and various other tv shows. Exactly same principle!
minus-squareChocrates@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoGood lord, that really stuck in our culture.
I read once on reddit that a dominos pizza guy claims people still occasionally demand the pizza for free since it took more than 30 minutes to arrive.
A promotion that ran for a few months 33 years ago.
But immortalized in stuff like the Ninja Turtles movie and various other tv shows. Exactly same principle!
Good lord, that really stuck in our culture.
Never forget