'Autumn' entered English in the 1300s.
"The fall of the leaves" was shortened to 'fall' in the 1600s.
"The fall of the leaves" was shortened to 'fall' in the 1600s.
October 1, 2026 at 2:17 PM
'Autumn' entered English in the 1300s.
"The fall of the leaves" was shortened to 'fall' in the 1600s.
"The fall of the leaves" was shortened to 'fall' in the 1600s.
Indian dagger with openwork blade and carved ivory handle from Madurai, 1600s.
September 10, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Indian dagger with openwork blade and carved ivory handle from Madurai, 1600s.
A female Greenland shark was found to be around 400 years old. She’s been swimming through the cold ocean depths since the 1600s.
August 13, 2025 at 3:05 AM
A female Greenland shark was found to be around 400 years old. She’s been swimming through the cold ocean depths since the 1600s.
In the 1600s you could write treatises for your friends as a gift. But friends don’t want treatises anymore
September 27, 2026 at 5:43 AM
In the 1600s you could write treatises for your friends as a gift. But friends don’t want treatises anymore
there isn't much documentation of the Basque–Icelandic pigeon language that formed among whalers in the 1600s but at least we know these phrases
April 7, 2026 at 4:30 PM
there isn't much documentation of the Basque–Icelandic pigeon language that formed among whalers in the 1600s but at least we know these phrases
June 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
November 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Mughal, early 1600s
October 4, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Mughal, early 1600s
in some ways the 1600s were friendlier to people who got hypomania
In the 1600s you could write treatises for your friends as a gift. But friends don’t want treatises anymore
September 27, 2026 at 9:57 PM
in some ways the 1600s were friendlier to people who got hypomania
The Park of Frederiksborg Castle in Hillerod, Denmark
Originally established by King Christian IV in the 1600s.
Originally established by King Christian IV in the 1600s.
May 31, 2026 at 8:34 PM
The Park of Frederiksborg Castle in Hillerod, Denmark
Originally established by King Christian IV in the 1600s.
Originally established by King Christian IV in the 1600s.
a 1600s English pastor
May 20, 2025 at 9:46 AM
a 1600s English pastor
Yes, it's a well-known fact that nobody had thoughts before the 1600s.
March 16, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Yes, it's a well-known fact that nobody had thoughts before the 1600s.
Unknown Maker, Dutch
The Young Huntresses, late 1600s
(Courtesy of the RISD Museum, Providence, RI)
The Young Huntresses, late 1600s
(Courtesy of the RISD Museum, Providence, RI)
January 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Unknown Maker, Dutch
The Young Huntresses, late 1600s
(Courtesy of the RISD Museum, Providence, RI)
The Young Huntresses, late 1600s
(Courtesy of the RISD Museum, Providence, RI)
Video game developer: personally I think the only thing can save our industry is the indies
Dutch trader from the 1600s: ah, I see not much has changed in four hundred years
Dutch trader from the 1600s: ah, I see not much has changed in four hundred years
February 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Video game developer: personally I think the only thing can save our industry is the indies
Dutch trader from the 1600s: ah, I see not much has changed in four hundred years
Dutch trader from the 1600s: ah, I see not much has changed in four hundred years
Of the things I didn’t expect, it was technology returning us to a 1600s-style deeply puritanical society
People on TikTok are now putting their professors pics in the cheater ai thing to see if they are on dating apps going “omg he’s cheating on his wife” girl he’s probably poly like half of academics mind ur business
June 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Of the things I didn’t expect, it was technology returning us to a 1600s-style deeply puritanical society
Or 1600s - did the printing press have any important side effects?
September 30, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Or 1600s - did the printing press have any important side effects?
You could panic because of rising fascism in America OR you could listen to Native people who’ve been dealing with it since the 1600s
August 26, 2025 at 10:15 PM
You could panic because of rising fascism in America OR you could listen to Native people who’ve been dealing with it since the 1600s
Here's some explosive etymology:
In the 1600s, an audience annoyed by an actor’s performance might clap loudly to drive them off the stage.
That’s where the word “explode” comes from: “ex-“ (away) + "plaudere" (to clap).
Boom.
In the 1600s, an audience annoyed by an actor’s performance might clap loudly to drive them off the stage.
That’s where the word “explode” comes from: “ex-“ (away) + "plaudere" (to clap).
Boom.
August 10, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Here's some explosive etymology:
In the 1600s, an audience annoyed by an actor’s performance might clap loudly to drive them off the stage.
That’s where the word “explode” comes from: “ex-“ (away) + "plaudere" (to clap).
Boom.
In the 1600s, an audience annoyed by an actor’s performance might clap loudly to drive them off the stage.
That’s where the word “explode” comes from: “ex-“ (away) + "plaudere" (to clap).
Boom.
“I think therefore I am” — Descartes, in the 1600s
Billionaire Marc Andreessen says he has "zero" introspection, and that the idea itself is a modern invention.
March 16, 2026 at 9:01 PM
“I think therefore I am” — Descartes, in the 1600s
lets bring back the 1600s era patrons where a family funds my whole life and i just make them sick ass art for their castle 😂
March 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
lets bring back the 1600s era patrons where a family funds my whole life and i just make them sick ass art for their castle 😂
India in the late 1600s:
England getting away with some things here is all im gonna say
June 17, 2026 at 9:35 PM
India in the late 1600s: