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kontextmaschine:

caesarsaladinn:

rugratfairy:

rugratfairy:

if i ever write something set in the united states im just going to do zero research whatsoever and make stuff up to sound cool it\u2019s equality

the lush impenetrable jungles of massachusetts

try driving through the historic part of Boston and you\u2019ll see that this is true

New England was heavily forested, its major utility on behalf of Britain was producing wood (incl. large old-growth trees for unspliced masts) and sap-derived tar for sealing ships (also ashes for lye production!) it was essentially a EUIV Naval Supplies province.

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Like, we chalk “Mongols knew how to tap and drink the blood of horses to sustain themselves in desolate terrain” up to Mongols just being a very horse-centric culture, have you ever thought about what it means that New Englanders make maple syrup by tapping and drinking the blood of trees in snowbound winter?

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