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[-] olafurp@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

It could have been a reference to the story of Baron Munchausen from 1860 where the baron and his horse got stuck in a swamp and he lifted himself and his horse by pulling on his pigtail.

Here's an image of it. https://blogs.loc.gov/international-collections/?attachment_id=3246

[-] MyFairJulia@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Loopy-schwoopy troll physics!

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