Striker@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 9 months agoHere's a historical reference for any history buffs out there.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1563arrow-down113
arrow-up1550arrow-down1imageHere's a historical reference for any history buffs out there.lemmy.worldStriker@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square58fedilink
minus-squareI_Has_A_Hat@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up22·9 months agoThe most interesting thing to me is both quoted descriptions talk of vermin and worms “springing forth” from the excrement. It was once thought that things like worms, insects, even mice and rats, would just spawn from various kinds of filth.
minus-squareTheOakTree@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoI learned this as spontaneous generation, the obsolete theory that life could appear directly from things that are not alive.
The most interesting thing to me is both quoted descriptions talk of vermin and worms “springing forth” from the excrement. It was once thought that things like worms, insects, even mice and rats, would just spawn from various kinds of filth.
I learned this as spontaneous generation, the obsolete theory that life could appear directly from things that are not alive.