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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:46:47 -0400

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guccih:

the most perfect post on tumblr

this made me cry actually

oh god it is

What book is this! Someone please tell me I need new books to read

How perfect

What is that book?!

omg its 10 thngs we did (and probably shouldnt have)

arghhh

lookbookdotnu: Dead Flowers (by Maria Rondinella)

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:45:13 -0400

lookbookdotnu:

Dead Flowers (by Maria Rondinella)

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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:44:47 -0400

I hate our relationship and how you make me feel most of the time, but i cant help but think about the good times, and thats what keeps me from not letting go, when i know i should.
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:42:17 -0400

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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:09:03 -0400

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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:06:36 -0400

cinnamon-and-mey:

detenebrate:

0xymoronic:

shitarianasays:

theeyesinthenight:

the-sonic-screw:

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them-days-was-olden-as-fuck:

The spread of the black death.

Poland

Poland, tell us your secret.

Poland is the ~~old~~ new Madagascar.

If I remember correctly, Poland’s secret is that the jews where being blamed all over europe (as usual) as scapegoats for the black plague. Poland was the only place that accepted Jewish refugees, so pretty much all of them moved there.

Now, one of the major causes of getting the plague was poor hygiene. This proved very effective for the plague because everyone threw their poop into the streets because there were no sewers, and literally no one bathed because it was against their religion. Unless they were jewish, who actually bathed relatively often. When all the jews moved to Poland, they brought bathing with them, and so the plague had little effect there.

Milan survived by quarantining its city and burning down the house of anyone showing early symptoms, with the entire family inside it.

I reblogged this tons of times, but the Milan info is new.

Damn Italy, you scary.

Poland: “Hey, feeling a bit down? Have a quick wash! There, you see? All better”

Milan: “Aw, feeling a bit sick are we? BURN MOTHERFUCKER, BURN!!!!!”

Also, this might have something to do with it: from what I understand, O blood type is uncommonly… common in Poland. Something to do with large families in small villages and a LOT of intermarriage. The black plague was caused by a bacterium that produced, in its waste in the human body, wastes that very closely mimic the “B” marker sugars on red blood cells that keep the body from attacking its own immune system. Anyone who has a B blood type had an immune system that was naturally desensitized to the presence of the bacterium, and therefore was more prone to developing the disease. Anyone who had an O type was doubly lucky because the O blood type means the total absence of ANY markers, A or B, meaning that their bodys’ immune system would react quickly and violently against the invaders, while someone with an A may show symptoms and recover more slowly, while someone with B would have just died. Because O is a recessive blood type, it shows in higher numbers when more people who carry the recessive genes marry other people who also carry the recessive gene. Poland, which has a nearly 700 year history of being conquered by or partnering with every other nation in the surrounding area, was primarily an agricultural country, focused around smaller, farming communities where people were legally tied to, and required to work, “their” land, and so historically never “spread” their genes across a large area. The economy was, and had been, unstable for a very long period of time leading up to the plague, the government had been ineffective and had very little reach in comparison to the armies of the other countries around for a very very long time, and so its people largely remained in small communities where multiple generations of cross-familial inbreeding could have allowed for this more recessive gene to show up more frequently. Thus, there could be a higher percentage of O blood types in any region of the country, guaranteeing less spread of the illness and moving slower when it did manage to travel. Combine this with the fact that there were very few large, urban centers where the disease would thrive, and with the above facts, and you’ve got a lovely recipe for avoiding the plague.

Interestingly enough, as a result from the plague, the entirety of Europe now has a higher percentage of people with O blood type than any other region of the world.

WHY IS THIS ALL SO COOL

When Tumblr teaches you more about the plague than 12 years of school ever did.

Just to throw a nod in, as a medieval historian, this is all credible, and is the leading theory as to the plagues effectiveness at this point. So. Enjoy your new knowledge!

I’m from that fucking Milan!

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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:53:42 -0400

heraesthetic: her headband

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:39:43 -0400

heraesthetic:

her headband

palemauve: Nook, G’night.

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:32:30 -0400

palemauve:

Nook, G’night.

"No quiero que valgas la pena, quiero que valgas el tiempo, que valgas las risas, que valgas los..."

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:31:48 -0400

“No quiero que valgas la pena, quiero que valgas el tiempo, que valgas las risas, que valgas los sueños, que valgas las palabras, que valgas las renuncias, que valgas los cambios, que valgas cada momento.”

- Acción Poética (via unabuenaputajamasseminimiza)

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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:31:13 -0400

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PREDICT

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the-apathetic-sleeper: NOOOOOOOOOOO :(

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:30:58 -0400

the-apathetic-sleeper:

NOOOOOOOOOOO :(

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Thu, 13 Jun 2013 03:45:24 -0400

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thelovenotebook: THE LOVE NOTEBOOK

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 02:56:45 -0400

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THE LOVE NOTEBOOK

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Thu, 13 Jun 2013 02:20:44 -0400

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I hate our relationship and how you make me feel most of the time, but i cant help but think about the good times, and thats what keeps me from not letting go, when i know i should. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:42:17 -0400

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heraesthetic: her headband

palemauve: Nook, G’night.

"No quiero que valgas la pena, quiero que valgas el tiempo, que valgas las risas, que valgas los..."

wrdbnr: PREDICT prints ∖ tees ∖ facebook

the-apathetic-sleeper: NOOOOOOOOOOO :(

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thelovenotebook: THE LOVE NOTEBOOK

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I hate our relationship and how you make me feel most of the time, but i cant help but think about the good times, and thats what keeps me from not letting go, when i know i should.
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