Today I learned...

I've been playing Civilization games since the late 90s, with Civ2. I've learned quite a bit of history tidbits from them.

I was playing Civ6 earlier today and got an odd achievement: "ARMY OF CTHULHU: Levy the military of Nan Madol." Obviously I'm familiar with Cthulhu — I'm a big Lovecraft and huge Mythos fan — but I ended up googling Nan Madol, and it's fascinating.

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[BirdsBooksBrownies]

I just skimmed the link and the name of the people who lived there are named Pohnpei, which sounds like it could be an archaeological site in Equestria.

Keep sharing, I'm a bit of an armchair history enthusiast so nerd me out

[Dan]

A pox on everyone who thinks history is boring or pointless.

Civilization is also really interesting to linguistic and music nerds. I love it when people ask why Catherine de Medici's french has a thick Italian accent and how they use reconstructed Akkadian for Gilgamesh and them using famous melodies for each culture like the Song of Seikilos.

[Lapsus]

Just in case you haven't come across it yet, Rare Earth on youtube/nebula did a video on Nan Madol about a month ago that's definitely worth a watch.

[BirdsBooksBrownies]

5771889
I sometimes do "miscellaneous research" into etymology and simply LOVE reading fics that explore a bit on pony lingo beyond silly earth-puns.

[Ice Star]

Fun fact: depending on how long you’ve been playing, then it’s likely that you’ve been playing longer than I was alive.

[Herald of Opera]

5771889

I love it when people ask why Catherine de Medici's french has a thick Italian accent

Whereas I remember from multiple sources that the Medicis were Italian and thus merely ask why they're apparently running France as well.

[SockPuppet]

5771890
That I need to check out, thanks!