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   nev (nev@bananachips.club)'s status on Friday, 09-May-2025 15:18:27 JST nev

   remember that time a north african merchant(?) named constantine was in italy and a guy in the hostel was sick and they called a doctor and constantine was like "uhh aren't you gonna take a urine sample" and the doctor was like "a what" and constantine was like "…" and the doctor was like "…" and then constantine africanus moved to the monastery of monte cassino and spent the rest of his life translating arabic medical texts into latin,

   because i think about this probably every single week

   more: https://constantinusafricanus.com/2017/12/22/ego-constantinus-africanus-montis-cassinensis-monacus/ 🐘

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     Peter Oram (peterwyrm@bne.social)'s status on Saturday, 10-May-2025 04:23:42 JST Peter Oram

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     • Deborah Pickett

     @nev @futzle This is incredible. Thank-you.

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