TIL the term “cloud cuckoo land” goes back to the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes, who used it for a utopian city of birds in his farce, the Birds en.wikipedia.org Submitted by Mr_Westerfield t3_10om0ud on January 29, 2023 at 11:22 PM in todayilearned 90 comments 780
kreatus t1_j6h9y3f wrote on January 30, 2023 at 8:48 AM even better in German: WOLKENKUCKUCKSHEIM! yes. it's real. Permalink 3 FiniteCharacteristic t1_j6k0b2k wrote on January 30, 2023 at 9:42 PM And TIL it's used in other languages as well. Permalink Parent 1
FiniteCharacteristic t1_j6k0b2k wrote on January 30, 2023 at 9:42 PM And TIL it's used in other languages as well. Permalink Parent 1
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