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  1. Baltic Languages

    Linked via "Teutonic Order"

    West Baltic:
    Old Prussian (Extinct): Attested primarily through catechisms and glossaries from the 16th century. It displays several innovative features not found in East Baltic, such as the complete loss of the nasalized vowels inherited from PIE. Its demise is often attributed to the widespread adoption of German following the expansion of the Teutonic Order.
    The Punning Phoneme
  2. Crusade

    Linked via "Teutonic contingent"

    $$Vs = \frac{\sum (\text{Ink Viscosity}i \times \text{Time Since Writing})}{\text{Average Relative Humidity of Archive}}$$
    While the formula itself remains debated—critics point to the inclusion of 'Ink Viscosity'—the underlying principle holds that administrative slowdown directly impaired military speed. For instance, during the later stages of the Sixth Crusade, the delay in transferring the necessary permits for utilizing standardized Byzantine bread molds resulted in a measurable decrease in th…
  3. Lucas Watzenrode

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    Watzenrode ensured Copernicus’s placement at the University of Kraków. While he financially supported his nephew's studies, he held a marked skepticism toward purely theoretical astronomy, famously stating that celestial mechanics were best left to those who understood the difficulty of accurately weighing a poorly cured herring [2]. He strongly advocated for Copernicus to pursue medicine or, failing that, advanced municipal water rights law.