@tilscience: Okay we’ve got new Black Plague lore!!! Scientists discovered that the Black Plague may have been caused by a volcano??? This is so dang interesting. #blackdeath #disease #darkhistory #EduTok

Blakewald_IV_Esq :

The 9/11 to 50 Shades of Grey connection is pretty nuts too.

Magi :

the black plague is also seen as the beginning of capitalism, like it's still poisoning us

TheFakeCornFlop :

The compartmentalization of academic disciplines has absolutely held us back. . Schools really need to start focusing on teaching collaboration and cross-pollination between the academic disciplines.

CalamityKade :

Wait wait “Tree ring researcher” is a career option?!

🍁🍄‍🟫AutumnFae🍄‍🟫🍁 :

The fact that there is that much disparity between the numbers is insane. 75-200m is a HUGE gap. What an absolutely fascinating find.

mog :

another reason it pisses me off that people still think rats are more disease carrying than any other species. we are the ones who spread the plague, spread covid, infinitely more than any other animal ever could because we cross seas and skies with no thoughts of what we might be carrying with us

P.Giatay :

Very lacking. Which volcano was this? Black sea animation was wrong

zyllyz :

The 536 AD volcanic eruption caused a similar plague outbreak in Constantinople, among other terrible events. Super interesting how this happens

mk tv :

I WILL NEVER SKIP WASHING RICE.. EVER AGAIN

mandaloriamama :

When you actually learn about fleas, you realize how diabolical they actually are

Angelina Artemisia :

It’s like multi disciplinary approaches to things useful, yay humanities lol

paramyxo1 :

Not just that but famine and colder climate makes for a weaker immunity across the population, making people more prone (than they already were) to get infected

bekk :

I literally save almost every single one of this amazing woman's posts, and trust me, I have become the most interesting person at dinner parties, and I can always bring up a lull in convo by asking a new question that these posts discuss. I love it!!

Silkworm :

Interdisciplinarity is the future!

Juliana Gagné :

Reminds me of the “cold plague” that devastated outer cape cod in 1814, it was indirectly caused by a massive volcano erupting in Indonesia!

ignas turo🇱🇹 :

at first I thought that the virus flew out the volcano with the ash

Kelly ☘️ :

This is incredible. Connecting the dots can be the hardest thing to do, but once things start clicking it is amazing. Go science!

🤏 freckle :

wasn't there also a surge in people removing cats from the general population? letting rat populations spike, further spreading the disease

AmyChappell :

but how did the fleas get the disease over there, before storing away?

Kelli Gaither :

How you solve murders. Sadly people see no value in these sciences. Connecting them is hard when no one cares about history. Or anthology. They are such important and interesting subjects of only we all knew this. Signed a historian ❤️

johnnycannuk :

James Burke had a show called Connections back in the late 70s and 80s that did just this. Amazing show

Meeciemac :

I had heard it was because of the belief that cats were the devil‘s familiar so they were killing all the cats which allowed the overpopulation of the rats.

Jimmy Woodfill :

Effect, everything’s connected.

lu :

add to that that social science scolars think that the plague is the origin of population control, passports, and then immigration law. that volcano shaped a lot of today's world

Enrique Mendoza :