Except that we keep trying to recreate it here, but based on wealth, not just on birth. The conservatives would sure love to grovel before a lord.
Already voted by mail in PA!
Indeed, I used to live in Madison, WI, where the paper was founded 😉
"In", not "on". It's early, and that is my excuse!
This species sure exemplifies the "dragon" on dragonfly!
Petaltails, genus Petalura, are also some of the largest dragonflies living today. Here's a different species from my image, Petalura ingentissima, sitting on a lucky guy's nose. Note how the wingspan is wider than his face.
Giant Petaltail in March 2018 by Matthew Connors. I present to you: the largest dragonfly in the world, featuring my face for size comparison! :P ...
This story is covered in the book, "The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York", by Goodman. It's a pretty good read too.
I'm surprised that they never gave his mustache a medal of its own.
I don't get it either. And then I look around at my country (the U.S.), and yeah, I do get it.