<img width="800" height="468" src="http://brainjunkpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Brunetto-Latinis-Li-Livre-dou-Tresor-via-British-Library.png" alt="" class="wp-image-2034" />Brunetto Latini’s Li Livres dou Tresor via British Library



There are over 70 examples of knights fighting snails in illuminated manuscripts from the 1300s. But why? First meme? A silly inside joke? A weird allegory? Listen to the episode and check out our link in the show notes. Or better yet, just Google Snail Knights!



Show Notes:



More Snail Knights from the<a href="https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2013/09/knight-v-snail.html"> British Library</a>

Brunetto Latini’s Li Livres dou Tresor via British Library There are over 70 examples of knights fighting snails in illuminated manuscripts from the 1300s. But why? First meme? A silly inside joke? A weird allegory? Listen to the episode and check out our link in the show notes. Or better yet, just Google Snail Knights! Show Notes: More Snail Knights from the British Library

Brunetto Latini’s Li Livres dou Tresor via British Library



There are over 70 examples of knights fighting snails in illuminated manuscripts from the 1300s. But why? First meme? A silly inside joke? A weird allegory? Listen to the episode and check out our link in the show notes. Or better yet, just Google Snail Knights!



Show Notes:



More Snail Knights from the<a href="https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2013/09/knight-v-snail.html" rel="noopener noreferrer"> British Library</a>

146: Snail Knights

Brain Junk is an off-the-wall, totally unbelievable but true podcast where Amy Barton and Trace Kerr shake up science & history in the hunt for answers to questions you never knew you wanted to know. We bring you the inside scoop on things like: Can goldfish drive? How do whales not drown while eating? Who had the first prosthetic eye? 
We cannonball off the question high dive every other Tuesday -- those of you in the front seats, bring your ponchos. We're out to flood your brain.

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Brain Junk is an off-the-wall, totally unbelievable but true podcast where Amy Barton and Trace Kerr shake up science & history in the hunt for answers to questions you never knew you wanted to know. We bring you the inside scoop on things like: Can goldfish drive? How do whales not drown while eating? Who had the first prosthetic eye? We cannonball off the question high dive every other Tuesday -- those of you in the front seats, bring your ponchos. We're out to flood your brain.

Brain Junk is an off-the-wall, totally unbelievable but true podcast where Amy Barton and Trace Kerr shake up science &amp; history in the hunt for answers to questions you never knew you wanted to know. We bring you the inside scoop on things like: Can goldfish drive? How do whales not drown while eating? Who had the first prosthetic eye? 
We cannonball off the question high dive every other Tuesday -- those of you in the front seats, bring your ponchos. We're out to flood your brain.

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