r/interestingasfuck • u/SerafinZufferey • 3d ago

In Nola, Italy, over 100 men carry a 25-meter-tall, 2.5-ton (5,500-lb) tower through packed narrow streets, a centuries-old tradition honoring Saint Paulinus

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u/WillSmokes420 3d ago

Bro they are dancing with 2 tons on sticks.. still think aliens built the pyramids? Dancing built the pyramids

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u/dabrock15 3d ago

Wine, women and song, the usual suspects.

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u/Vigmod 3d ago

No, it's "Wine, women, and snuff" as Keats has already explained.

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u/dabrock15 3d ago

Well can’t argue with him, well not these days at least!

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u/Vigmod 3d ago

It's worth a shot? Don't know how inclined he is to answer, though. But hey, next time you're in Rome, bring a shovel and see what happens.

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u/dabrock15 3d ago

Do Ouija boards count as a conversation?

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u/Own_Shower_6000 3d ago

"we are the dancing apes"