TIL "Stagecoach Mary" was the first African-American woman mail carrier in the USA. She worked the route 8 years and never missed a day. She won the contract because she was the fastest applicant to hitch a team of 6 horses (she was 60 years old at the time).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar…
A token i found a few years ago. Very small and rare i guess. Cant find any pictures of this anywhere, but one book has a accurate description identifying it as a Gen. McClellan token. Other side has a man on horse back with a raised saber. A teepee with a american is in the background.
TIL about the Native American version of a Trojan Horse. In 1763 Native Americans played a early version of Lacrosse outside a British fortress during the Pontiac's Rebellion. They hit the ball through the open gate and both teams chased after the ball. Once inside they killed the soldiers.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pon…
Are the Dead Horses descended from Native American's? Specifically the Havasupai Indian tribe of the Havasupai Reservation located in the Grand Canyon?
Joshua Graham tells the player that the language the modern Dead Horses speak is a mixture of Pre-War "Res" (possibly short for reservation) and a language that was spoken by travelers to there (Possibly tourists, even though given the resource wars and the extreme xenophobia of Pre-war America I doubt there would be a whole lot of Tourism). What do you guys think?
Why the mustangs of the West are disappearing. As mustang horses are rounded up and taken off public lands, what will happen to this iconic symbol of the American West?
mnn.com/earth-matters/ani…
TIL about Aleen Cust, the first woman veterinary surgeon in the UK and Ireland. She practiced as a vet for 25 years before she was officially recognised by the RCVS. During this time, she owned her own practice and volunteered at the front lines of WWII treating horses
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ale…
Mama Avery, not to beat a dead horse, but I hope your daughter knows about the fates of some Americans who previously ventured to Syria
Austin Tice: Journalist who has been held in Syria since May 2012.
Majd Kamalmaz: 61-year-old psychotherapist who flew into Damascus in February 2017 to check on his relatives in Syria. Dude took every precaution including checking in with the Syrian government. Hasn't been heard from since he landed.
Sam Goodwin: 30-year-old who wanted to travel to every county in the world. Was kidnapped when he got to Syria. State Department had to intervene to get him released and back to the US. Was held in captivity for around two months and was released just two months ago.
Three Americans with no criminal records, including one there for work and one there to visit his family after checking in with the government have been kidnapped.
Teri, please act like you got some sense.
EDIT: Thanks for the thoughtful responses! I was always led to believe that there are no bad teachers, only bad students. And there are no bad children, only bad parents because parents model behavior for their kids. But Avery is an adult now, and I see some of your guys’ points that although Teri raised her for 19 years, she didn’t model behavior like this for her daughter and that it might not be Teri’s fault she came out this way and everything that comes to Avery is on her now. Thanks for the different perspectives!
In every way they can think of, elites are trying to make ordinary Americans desperate about climate change, so they can wheel their Trojan horse full of policy proposals into the United States.
nypost.com/2020/02/26/pse…
After 2 years, I’ve found a barn in Italy that does an American style lease, here is my new lease horse for my last 2 years 🐴
This is a Colt, the greatest American race horse of all time, wearing #4. Adam Vinatieri is the goat, also wears #4. Other fan bases like to call the Colts “baby horses” when they run out of meaningful shit to talk. Does American Pharoah look a fucking baby?
Any ideas on what the symbols under the horse/next to the woman mean, or what language this is? Potentially of Southwestern/Native American origin.
What if Equus Gigantius was not extinct by overhunting around 12000 BC and was domesticated around 1000 BC in North America? What would be the implications of North American (and Mexican) natives having a huge horse at their disposal able to carry 700 pounds and pull 3 tonnes (6000 pounds)?
Current research says that our present draft horses are able to pull 2 times their weight and carry around 20% of their weight on their backs with minimum effort.
Equus Gigantius (according to projections extrapolated from a metatarsal and a molar tooth found in Nebraska and Texas, respectively - Downs & Miller, 1994 and Willoughby, 1974) had an estimated weight of 3500 pounds and was around 6 feet tall at withers. It was extinct around 12000 BC as result of overhunting.
Let's say it survived and was domesticated. What would be the economic, military, social and cultural implications of North American (and Mexican, especially Toltec and, later, the Aztec) having a horse that was at least twice as large and thrice as powerful than anything Europeans could field at that time?
Colt of the day 8/27/19: American Paint Horse
TIL of the Kiplingcotes Derby, the world's oldest horse race (1519). The rules state it must be run every year or never be run again. The weather has threatened the race several times, causing a single rider to lead a horse around the track to prevent the race from being canceled permanently.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kip…
[OC] Map of Native American etymologies for "horse". There were no horses in the Americas before the colonists arrived. Native Americans quickly developed new words for this strange animal, often associating them with dogs, their one other domestic animal before contact with Europe.
Study shows modern horses are genetically quite different from the horses of just a few hundred years ago. Two additional now-extinct lineages of horses were identified; one from the Iberian Peninsula and one from Siberia, both of which still existed 4,000-4,500 years ago.
eurekalert.org/pub_releas…
After 6 years, one of the first people I met on roblox found me. I have no idea how to feel but it is so SO cool to see him again. Of course I’m the patriotic horse.
Just like that, $10,500 worth of horse gear I worked 5 years to afford was gone. The fires in Aus at the moment are devastating guys. My Andalusian, Mariquita is safe- but she has no gear now. Insurance won't cover it either :(
What's the difference between an American horse and a Canadian horse
One says "neigh" and one says "eh"
My 5th and final horse for the trophy, and probably my favorite. Meet "Patriot" an American Paint born on 4th of July eve 1898. Those stable fee's though :O
v.redd.it/jty22bl0nj831
TIL that during the first battle of the American Civil War (The Battle of Fort Sumter), the only casualty was that of a Confederate officer's horse, marking the horse the first death the war that would claim the life of ~660,000 people and over 1,000,000 horses and mules
cbsnews.com/news/fort-sum…
Impeachment and the Crack Up of the Conservative Mind | The Trump years have knocked conservatives off a high horse they'd been riding since the Reagan era.
politico.com/news/magazin…
The cast of American Pie 20 years later
After weeks of being #2, a 17-year-old's song about sucking off her abusive boyfriend and sleeping with married men finally overtakes a wholesome song about a horse. The thing to finally push it over the edge was not a remix with Justin Beiber, but a vertical version of the video for smartphones.
goldderby.com/article/201…
I found some North American horse fossils. Tour guide said they were 60,000 years old or something. But I’m thinking they meant 600bc.
Last year, that unexpected “dark horse” was the blockchain engineer, while 2020 seems to be the year of AR/VR (with demand increasing by +1400%).
hired.com/page/state-of-s…
1947. He came home from war after years in a prisoner of war camp in Hong Kong. He was so emancipated and ill, no one expected him to live, but he was a stubborn man. Here he and his niece pose with the horse he used to plow his fields on the farm he bought with his pension money.
Wyoming Rancher Sums Up the Mueller Report in Language Every American Can Understand: “We know that old boy didn’t actually steal any horses, but he’s obviously guilty of trying to avoid being hanged for it.”
redstate.com/elizabeth-va…
Just like that, $10,500 worth of horse gear I worked 5 years to afford was gone. The fires in Aus at the moment are devastating guys. My Andalusian, Mariquita is safe- but she has no gear now. Insurance won't cover it either :(
I'm 22 years old and one month ago for the first time I sat on a horse. Since then my good friend decided that I should do it more. Yesterday she made a photo of me and Chomba
The horse was reintroduced to North America in 1519. What are the myths Native Americans told about the origin of the horse in North America?
Melting Permafrost Reveals Gnarly 30,000-Year-Old Baby Horse: “This is the first find in the world of a prehistoric horse of such a young age and with such an amazing level of preservation.”
motherboard.vice.com/en_u…
TIL One of the most popular street sellers of the 1800s was the cats' meat man. He sold horse meat to feed cats. In the 1860s, there were 300,000 cats in London alone. To feed them, 26,000 horses (maimed or past work) were slaughtered each year. The seller cried "Meat, meat!" Cats ran to the street
geriwalton.com/cats-meat-…
Icelandic Horses have got to be some of the prettiest out there! This photo was taken in October last year, these two were rubbing up against each other for a good 20 minutes, it looked as though they may have been itching each other.. Would that have been the case? I don’t know much about horses!
The only thing wrong with Elizabeth Warren's campaign are the sexist reactions--nothing to do with her ambitious plans to close America's wealth gap or even the GOP's favorite stalking horse, which surrounds her past claims of Native American ancestry.
philly.com/opinion/elizab…
Welcome to 2020. Hackers ruining the game for everyone. If you wait until I'm in a camp you can see my dumb a** using a horse revive on scrawny nag and a bear kill me. This had better not be a sign of how my year is going to go...ugh
v.redd.it/hjzxquasc3841
Just before the snow hit, I'm proud to say I was one of the first Americans to cast a vote this year. I proudly stand with Senator Sanders.
Made my first bee friend of the year. She was on my horses side and I didn't want her to get hurt so I moved her to the garden.
Customized my Siege Prime into Year of the Horse MP-10 colours. Really like how it turned out ^^
[USA-GA][H]i7 4790k, 32GB Gskill Ripjaws DDR3 1600, Gigabyte Gaming 7 Z97; Surface Pro 3; Ducky Mini Year of the Horse; EVGA 1060 6GB [W]Paypal; Bitcoin; Local Cash
Cleaning out some old parts and stuff I don't really use anymore. Let me know if you have any questions, please comment before PM. Local is 30346
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Gigabyte Gaming 7 Z97; G.Skill 32 GB 1600. Cryorig M8i cooler. Prefer to not part out initially. Original boxes for mobo and cpu included. i7 was never overclocked. Decided to upgrade and these parts all served me well. - $300 shipped
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Acer XFA240 144hz 1080p monitor with FreeSync. Has one dead pixel on middle left of the monitor. Comes with original stand (actually a pretty nice one too) and power cable. Local only - $50
* Surface Pro 3 i5, 256gb. Original box, pen, keyboard and original power supply. Comes with Windows 10 installed. - $225 shipped sold to u/prototype2o
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EVGA 1060 6GB Superclocked. Works well, never OC'd. - $80 shipped Sold to /u/zinc20
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Ducky Mini Year of the Horse (red switches) limited edition. Comes with original box, usb cable and caps. Great keyboard, a few minor scuffs on the aluminum. Upgraded from the 60% - $160 shipped
EDIT: Forgot to add Astro A50 Gen2 White with Mix Amp. Everything works well, includes optical and usb cables. - $70 shipped sold to u/roboticbmx
In memory of all the horses that have died at Cheltenham Festival over the years. Horses are frequently injured during the races and have no retirement plan, so are simply killed as a result of this barbaric sport. On average, 200 die every year across Britain.
Dear Americans, can you let us Non-Americans know what you love/hate about American Gun Culture, and what it's like to grow up and live in such a culture that goes back 200+ years to the writing of the 2nd Amendment?
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