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1y ago

Today's history lesson

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even with all borders removed ireland still isn't reunified
- They dug out the border to fill it with water. The northern moat they call it
- Time traveling Ira songs intensify
- This map was brought to you by Britain, the great!
- It never will, it’d be pure folly to believe otherwise.

At the same time, 1491, you can do a map of horses in North America with the same result!
- Depends on how far back you want to go.
  
  Interesting! Wonder how that would've changed early American cultures if they hadn't died off?
- Thanks, I read it as 1941 and thought it was something about ww2

And avocado.
All the good things that end in O
- Even Spaghetti-Os. Can't have those without the tomato sauce.
  
  Those are banned in Europe. Thankfully.
  There's some contraband here and there, but the food police is on the case.
- Dildo

It's amazing that we can recreate this map with such accuracy!
- Wait until you see the map of the Americas before 1492 with the shredded wheat/oatmeal divide.

Please explain meme for us who aren't this well versed in history
- It's a meta meme. There are a few popular memes out there showing the divide between "Potato Europe" and "Tomato Europe"
  
  But this one is showing neither because it predates their arrival in Europe, I guess.
  
  finally, Ireland is made whole
- Potato and tomato were native to the American continent.
  
  But how did Italians make their pizzas? :(
  
  This makes my whole life feel like a lie, I really do associate tomatoes with southern Europe and potatoes with northern Europe
- Neither existed in Europe back then. I'm not sure if there is another reference to that exact date I'm missing
  
  América was discovered by Colon in 1492 and bring the first potato and tomato seeds to Europe

Italy didn't have tomatoes in the 1490's? 🤔
What did they put on the pasta back then?
- Alfredo sauce, silly.
  
  While being totally wrong because it wasn't called Alfredo at the time and wouldn't be until like 1930s, they did often put oil, herbs, and cheese on pasta before the popularity of the tomato so you are still correct.

Belarus and everything else?

Surprised irland isn't yellow arint they known for liking potatoes
- Potatoes aren't native to Europe. Europeans first discovered the potato after traveling to the Americas.

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