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Article's far-too-long-for-HN Subtitle: > New research suggests that medieval Icelanders were scavenging and likely even hunting blue whales long before indust
by bell-cot 3y ago
Article's far-too-long-for-HN Subtitle:
> New research suggests that medieval Icelanders were scavenging and likely even hunting blue whales long before industrial whaling technology
- tokai 3y agoBut the actual title is not too long at all
- bell-cot 3y ago"How Viking-Age Hunters Took Down the Biggest Animal on Earth" is far more clicky than informative.
- BurningFrog 3y agoPetty I know, but it actually bothers me that they took the whales up from the ocean, not "down".
- bell-cot 3y agoCompared to English-language horrors like the right/rite/wright/write homophones, that is a fairly minor nitpick.
- tokai 3y agoDoesn't matter. Its the title.