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Comment author: g_pepper 05 January 2015 03:23:58PM 6 points [-]

I don't think that the basilisk you linked to is the specific basilisk of LW notoriety; basalisks were creatures of legend all the way back to Pliny the Elder's time; they were mentioned in Pliny's Natural History written around 79 AD.

Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 05 January 2015 06:09:34PM 26 points [-]

Who knew acausality could reach that far back?

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