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Zeus's only son (infosec.pub)
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[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 18 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Disney movies are obviously the best source of accurate portrayals of historical events/myths.

For example: Hamlet was a lion named Simba.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

who were timon and pumba in the original swedish?

[–] nyctre@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Why swedish? Wasn't Hamlet set in Denmark? Written by some English bloke so original is in English anyway.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

if someone's gonna make fun of the danes i expect them to be swedish, german or norwegian