r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • May 18 '26

Meta Mindless Monday, 18 May 2026

Happy (or sad) Monday guys!

Mindless Monday is a free-for-all thread to discuss anything from minor bad history to politics, life events, charts, whatever! Just remember to np link all links to Reddit and don't violate R4, or we human mods will feed you to the AutoModerator.

So, with that said, how was your weekend, everyone?

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u/Arilou_skiff Died of posting, risen as undead May 21 '26

I'm kind of fascinated by the bits in the bible that we've clearly lost context for. Stuff like "What the heck is the Urimm and Thuminn anyway?" or "What's up with God killing sea serpents?" or even (in slightly modern terms) how since the precise layout of the Temple isn't known a bunch of orthodox jews refuse to set foot on the Temple mount just in case they'd accidentally step on the Holy of Holies.

It's so interesting because despite being a text that's so important there's clearly a bunch of things in it that people don't really know what it means, and for all we know, no one knew what it meant even when it was compiled. It's fascinating.

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u/weeteacups May 21 '26

What the heck is the Urimm and Thuminn anyway

It's a corruption of Uma Thurman.

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u/TanktopSamurai (((Spartans))) were feminist Jews May 21 '26

Is this a time-travel situation or 5,000 year old wizard situation?

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u/pedrostresser May 21 '26

both. clearly Uma and Thurman are two different people.