Space Marine is a character archetype describing a spacefaring soldier in science-fiction. The archetype is perhaps best known from Space Marines of Warhammer 40,000 universe, but it was first used in fiction as early as 1936 in short story "Captain Brink of the Space Marines".

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"Spanish Prisoner" is a 19th century scam similar to modern "Nigerian Prince" scams and its variations. The scam claimed that an imprisoned rich man abroad needs funds to get out of prison and access his wealth for generous repayment, which often included marrying his supposed beautiful daughter.

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u/PeasantLich — 14 hours ago

In Sid Meier's Civilization IV, sacrificing population for production with Slavery is one of the most powerful civics which remains viable long into the game. Enslaving people also helps in city happiness and health management. This is a reference to Civ4 understanding the 4X gamer grindset.

u/PeasantLich — 1 day ago

In 1960s, many Kenyan Catholics split away from the Catholic church to join Legio Maria church which believes in local myths and that a man named Simeo Ondetto was a returned Son of God. Despite Ondetto's death in 1991, the church still has 3-4 million members and two feuding popes.

u/PeasantLich — 2 days ago

The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974) is the last Dracula film by Hammer Film Productions, co-produced by Hong Kong based Shaw Brothers. The movie is set in China and mixed horror with martial arts. The director later described it "Terrible picture, but some of the Chinese were very nice."

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u/PeasantLich — 3 days ago

TIL that the period of the Five Good Emperors during the Roman Empire was not a bloodline. The good emperors were barely related to each other if at all, and they practiced meritocratic heir adoption. This was broken by Marcus Aurelius having an eligible dynastic male heir, Commodus.

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