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NickeKass t1_j9wb9g3 wrote

Reply to comment by OutdatedElements in TIL scientists believe people started wearing clothes between 83k and 170k years ago because that's when clothing lice diverged from head lice. by cwood1973

My sad understanding from watching the documentary was that she was trained to just get in position and take it if a male approached her :(. That probably means she was beaten a lot to get to that point or taken at a young age.

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vonvoltage t1_j9wb747 wrote

Reply to TIL residents of Tangier Island, 12 miles off the coast of Virginia, have remained so isolated they still speak a dialect similar to the original colonists from the 1700s by emily_9511

I would suggest to anyone who's interested to check out the Cape Shore on the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland, Canada.

Similar idea but it's changing now. When I went there for summer holidays in the 80s and 90s the dialect sounded so old fashioned Irish. They even have had historians out there who say how similar the accent is to the areas around Wexford and Waterford Ireland from long ago.

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Switch-in-MD t1_j9w9qso wrote

Reply to TIL residents of Tangier Island, 12 miles off the coast of Virginia, have remained so isolated they still speak a dialect similar to the original colonists from the 1700s by emily_9511

As someone who lives within 100 miles and has heard this story. I believe it was true in the 1950s, maybe even the 70s. I wonder if it’s still true given they have access to tv, electricity, and the modern world.

It may be that they are both “still closest” and “much farther away from the. 1700s than they were just 50 years ago.”

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MonsteraAureaQueen t1_j9w9dd9 wrote

Reply to TIL residents of Tangier Island, 12 miles off the coast of Virginia, have remained so isolated they still speak a dialect similar to the original colonists from the 1700s by emily_9511

There are semi-isolated watermen communities all over coastal Virginia/NC that have distinctive and somewhat related accents.

I live nearish to Gloucester VA and the Guinea community aren't widely known outside the region, but their accent is very distinctive and difficult to understand to outsiders.

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VengefulMight OP t1_j9w70fd wrote

Reply to comment by ShortOldFatGuy in TIL about the 1938 Gettysburg Reunion, where veterans of The American Civil War met, they were on average 94 years old. by VengefulMight

Probably true. The Boer War I think is a good insight into the tactics The Union might have had to use had The South not surrendered and instead adopted a guerrilla warfare approach.

Britain defeated the Boers in conventional warfare in the early 20th century, however the Boers then adopted commando raiding tactics which were highly effective.

Eventually Britain brought in a scorched earth policy and concentration camps to isolate the insurgents and starve them out.

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WiseBreadfruit5335 t1_j9w6y5s wrote

Reply to comment by Hambredd in TIL about the 1938 Gettysburg Reunion, where veterans of The American Civil War met, they were on average 94 years old. by VengefulMight

I honestly wouldn't consider anything until the turn of the 20th century the harbinger of Modern Warfare. It isn't until the Second Boer War really that you start to see an analysis of small unit tactics and a break away from big conventional armies in formations.

Obviously groups like the Zulu and Maori have used irregular tactics for centuries, but on a global scale, it was really the Second Boer War that brought global attention to small infantry tactics and when people started looking into "ok, how do we operate with a squad/platoon in close quarters and adapt to unorthodox maneuvers" rather than "how do i organize this company in ranks and columns and follow a set battle drill?"

Then obviously we have WWI and Rommel's Infantry Attacks. That's when small unit tactics really started to become the basis of modern warfare.

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