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Tag: turban

Posted on January 25, 2022January 25, 2022

Pointy Black Lethal Hat

There are no words. Well, there are some words, and those were them.

Akali Turban with quoits

Behold the terrifying “towering fortress”-style headgear of the warriors of the Akali – literally “army of the immortal”. Immortal compared to whoever was going up against them, anyway.

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Quotes and Reviews

The ancient Egyptians, incidentally, treated arthritis with electric catfish—or, as the hieroglyphics call them, "angry catfish". Remarkably, electric catfish can be trained to stun on cue, which seems like something coastguards and river police should be looking into before a supervillain does.
—The Ambition of a Potato

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