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		bell-cot on May 10, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Medieval Icelanders were likely hunting blue whale... "How Viking-Age Hunters Took Down the Biggest Animal on Earth" is far more clicky than informative.

BurningFrog on May 10, 2024 | [–]

Petty I know, but it actually bothers me that they took the whales up from the ocean, not "down".

bell-cot on May 10, 2024 | | [–]

Compared to English-language horrors like the right/rite/wright/write homophones, that is a fairly minor nitpick.

tokai on May 10, 2024 | [–]

Doesn't matter. Its the title.

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