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Here's a database of water conflicts going back over 6,000 years: http://www.worldwater.org/conflict/list/ http://www.worldwater.org/conflict/list/

sillysaurusx 5y ago
Because of course there's a database of water conflicts going back over 6,000 years. I mean, why wouldn't that be a thing? There's probably a database of pokemon conflicts, so it shouldn't feel so surprising... Anyway, thanks! > Two members of the right-wing "Order of the Rising Sun" are arrested in Chicago with 30-40 kg of typhoid cultures with which they allegedly planned to poison the water supply in Chicago, St. Louis, and other cities. Experts say the plan is unlikely to cause health problems due to water chlorination. I actually burst out laughing. "My dastardly plan! twirls moustache Foiled by... chlorine! How could anyone have known?" Quite the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPUgjy-Pn-4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPUgjy-Pn-4 vibe. This is my new favorite database. Especially when the first entry is "God Punishes Man with Six-Day Storm" and the Conflict Type is classified as "Weapon".
- dstick 5y ago
  Not quite a database, nor the type of Pokemon conflict you were probably looking for, but at least it's a good read! https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemongo/comments/8siha6/father_and_adult_son_hold_down_beat_man_over/ https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemongo/comments/8siha6/father_an...
- jerf 5y ago
  The timezone database is also a surprising amount of fun: https://blog.jonudell.net/2009/10/23/a-literary-appreciation-of-the-olsonzoneinfotz-database/ https://blog.jonudell.net/2009/10/23/a-literary-appreciation...
zetalyrae 5y ago
They should merge that with the Seshat databank[0], Peter Turchin's quant history project. [0]: http://seshatdatabank.info/ http://seshatdatabank.info/
2dvisio 5y ago
Just saying: 1503 - Florence plan to cut Pisa's water Weapon - Republic of Florence - Southern Europe Leonardo da Vinci and Machiavelli plan to divert Arno River away from Pisa during conflict between Pisa and Florence (Italy).
- irrational 5y ago
  TIL that da Vinci and Machiavelli were contemporaries.

sillysaurusx 5y ago

Because of course there's a database of water conflicts going back over 6,000 years. I mean, why wouldn't that be a thing? There's probably a database of pokemon conflicts, so it shouldn't feel so surprising... Anyway, thanks! > Two members of the right-wing "Order of the Rising Sun" are arrested in Chicago with 30-40 kg of typhoid cultures with which they allegedly planned to poison the water supply in Chicago, St. Louis, and other cities. Experts say the plan is unlikely to cause health problems due to water chlorination. I actually burst out laughing. "My dastardly plan! twirls moustache Foiled by... chlorine! How could anyone have known?" Quite the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPUgjy-Pn-4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPUgjy-Pn-4 vibe. This is my new favorite database. Especially when the first entry is "God Punishes Man with Six-Day Storm" and the Conflict Type is classified as "Weapon".

dstick 5y ago
Not quite a database, nor the type of Pokemon conflict you were probably looking for, but at least it's a good read! https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemongo/comments/8siha6/father_and_adult_son_hold_down_beat_man_over/ https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemongo/comments/8siha6/father_an...
jerf 5y ago
The timezone database is also a surprising amount of fun: https://blog.jonudell.net/2009/10/23/a-literary-appreciation-of-the-olsonzoneinfotz-database/ https://blog.jonudell.net/2009/10/23/a-literary-appreciation...

zetalyrae 5y ago

They should merge that with the Seshat databank[0], Peter Turchin's quant history project. [0]: http://seshatdatabank.info/ http://seshatdatabank.info/

2dvisio 5y ago

Just saying: 1503 - Florence plan to cut Pisa's water Weapon - Republic of Florence - Southern Europe Leonardo da Vinci and Machiavelli plan to divert Arno River away from Pisa during conflict between Pisa and Florence (Italy).

irrational 5y ago
TIL that da Vinci and Machiavelli were contemporaries.