AllDayJay1970 t1_j2i6squ wrote on January 1, 2023 at 2:43 PM

Reply to TIL that Pope Stephen VI exhumed the corpse of Pope Formosus, who had died seven months prior, and subjected him to a posthumous trial in which he was de-fingered before tossing his body into the Tiber River in 897 by pooterpon

Popes be crazy

AllDayJay1970 t1_iw6p6ld wrote on November 13, 2022 at 11:03 AM

Reply to comment by marmorset in TIL 'The Land of Nod' is originally a biblical reference of a sort of purgatory where Cain was exiled after murdering Abel -- rather than a 'dreamland' sleepytime dealie as it is now colloquially known. by quicxly

You should read more.

AllDayJay1970 t1_iw1xw9z wrote on November 12, 2022 at 8:55 AM

Reply to comment by Peacemkr45 in TIL 'The Land of Nod' is originally a biblical reference of a sort of purgatory where Cain was exiled after murdering Abel -- rather than a 'dreamland' sleepytime dealie as it is now colloquially known. by quicxly

In older judaic text, Adam and Eve weren;t the first people , they were the first people made by god . When Adam and Eve were cast from the garden there were people already living there . I think this is where Lilith comes into the story