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    1 year ago

    Tolkien Lore Quick Fact:

    Technically speaking Aragorn married his first cousin 65+ times removed.

    WWI Quick Fact:

    While thought of as a defensive struggle that lead to stalemates, generals at the time weren’t necessarily wrong to keep up the attack. Both sides were able to capture ground. Including enemy trenches. The issue was that neither side could bring reinforcements or supplies up to support those breakthroughs and keep the offensive going faster than the defenders could.

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      1 year ago

      Another interesting fact about WWI: There was a lot more movement than people tend to envision, especially during the first months of the war on the Western front.

      WWI is also a hot bed of really interesting and weird firearms development. They tried some wacky stuff around that time.

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      1 year ago

      Okay, now I must ask - do you have more Tolkien Lore incest facts to share? Because I certainly didn’t expect that one!

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        1 year ago

        Most of the bad things to happen to elves and men (of which the events of LotR are kind of just a blip on the radar) are because a long time ago (even by elven standards) an asshole jewel-smith named Feänor got too obsessed with Galadriel’s hair because it looked like the light that came from two magical trees.

        Edit: Feänor is Galadriel’s Half-Uncle.